Salih v Lacroix

Dispute

Determinations

Landlord's daughter, who intends to move into the rental unit, has no income and recently gave birth to a second child. Her husband, who recently moved to Canada from Iraq, does not speak English and is enrolled in a program to gain the ability to speak English to secure employment. The Landlord has been supporting his daughter including paying for her trips to Iraq to be with her husband.
The Tenants have four children, aged three, five-year old twins, and an eight-year-old. The Tenants have lived in the rental unit for six years. The children currently in school are enrolled in French emersion and the school in in their catchment area. The Tenants testified that if they are required to move out of the catchment area, they would need to apply to remain in the French emersion program and may loss this option.
Ms. Lacroix testified that after coming down with Covid she has had serious medical complications and provided a long list of the issues, including a long hospitalization and rehabilitation. Mr. Lachance has been diagnosed as an agoraphobic which means he can only travel short distances without panic and anxiety.
According to the Tenants' testimony and written submission, both tenants are on a number of medications and are on ODSP. They have been looking for alternative accommodations but have not found anything they can afford. The Tenants have also applied for rent geared to income housing and are on the waiting list.
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