Tenants in New Westminster Stand up to Slum Landlords
ACORN Canada members in BC were at it again, going after problem landlords and holding them accountable as part of our larger Healthy Homes Campaign. This time in New Westminster, ACORN members had city inspectors out to inspect their building and at the same time held an action to demand their landlord, the Sahota family, clean up their act.
You may remember from previous BC updates that this isn’t the first time a building owned by the Sahota family has been in the news. Less than two months ago, a member in Surrey won a precedent setting fina against the family for failing to maintain a building in Surrey. Moving forward ACORN will be laying out reforms to the Residential Tenancy Act, and reforms to how the act is enforced, as well as turning up the heat on the Sahota family and other slum landlords who think having families live in hellacious conditions is acceptable. Stay tuned for this as our members have no plans of stopping until everyone has a healthy home!