Myself and many other Maritimers are finding themselves in a very stressful situation! With rent increasing and vacancies decreasing landlords are increasing rent and doing mass evictions… Only my landlord didn’t give us an option or warning and I can only assume discriminating against me and mine for being Anglophone.

Been watching my landlord install new appliances, painting, cabinets, and windows in the 2 other units around us, did a demo/reno in the basement over the last 2 weeks (he even asked and received my help with installing the windows last weekend)… Then he had someone install the windows in our place, immediately afterwards we got a notice to vacate after never having any issues, was never told we did anything wrong, and never had any complaints against us.
We were actually told “the guy I had working inside your apartment (while we were away) noticed the baseboard heater in the backroom was left on and it was being used for storage with stuff in front of the heater. This along with OTHER issues is the reason for eviction” – nobody had been home in 3 days and the room they were saying the heater was on in hasn’t been used since the summer and I’m positive the heat was not on in there.
Got in the car on the way to work this morning after getting the news and I’m listening to people tell stories about mass evictions and rent increases all around the greater Moncton area.
Rent was $875 a month heat/lights included so it’s a very good deal despite the internet speeds being messed up and not having fibre op available. This in my mind justifies the cheaper rent. However, I would have even been willing to pay a little bit more.
Seems to me that there is an ulterior motive to evicting us. My mother is 70 years old and is confined to a wheelchair, I’m a father who works Monday to Friday and has his 3 y/o son all weekend, and I see the landlord and his family on the regular as one of his children who is my age lives next door. He also resides up the road and is constantly going work on different projects in the yard and around the house.
Never once has there ever been mention of the possibility of eviction this winter only a month before Christmas and immediately after the first snowfall. This is a very trying time of the year for so many people and I’m not able to get the government funding like everyone else seems to easily get.
Needless to say I’m totally stressing out and worrying about getting a new place that is suitable for myself, my young son, and my handicap mother to live before the bad weather really sets in and before this possibly effects my relationship with my child and/or my mother’s mental/physical wellbeing.
No idea as to why it happened I can only think it’s because I’m surrounded on all sides by Francophones and seeing the last 2 tenants who’ve moved in be Francophone has me wondering if my family and I are being stereotyped against, among many other worries… I cannot for the life of me figure out how 4 days ago I’m helping install windows, assisting in loading new appliances, and then immediately after I find employment I’m evicted, with zero warning and seemingly zero issues.
Thanks and best wishes to you all during these trying times!
EhMaritimeSecret
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