Tenants offered accommodations and support after surprise mass eviction

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By The Staff The Canadian Press

Posted July 22, 2024 2:07 pm

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Some tenants of a Winnipeg apartment building who were suddenly evicted from their units this month have moved back in.

Devony Hudson got her keys this morning and said she is starting over.

Hudson and others in the three-storey building say they were surprised earlier this month when a new owner gave them hours to leave, citing a fire hazard.

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Hudson says she went for a walk and came back to find her belongings strewn on the front lawn.

Marion Willis, who runs an outreach program, says some of the tenants had to resort to encampments or couch-surfing.

Manitoba’s residential tenancies branch issued orders to the landlord last week and has worked to get the residents back in their homes.

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