Value Subtracted@startrek.website to Winnipeg · 8 months agoWinnipeg landlord who evicted tenants faces $9K in penaltieswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkWinnipeg landlord who evicted tenants faces $9K in penaltieswww.cbc.caValue Subtracted@startrek.website to Winnipeg · 8 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareTroyMlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·8 months agoThis is ridiculous. When the fine is significantly less than the harm, then the fine is just a cost of doing business. Other scummy landlords are going to see this as tacit permission to pull the same move.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoI’m not familiar with Winnipeg, but what is that, 3 to 6 months of a single unit’s rent, as a penalty for evicting 32 units?
minus-squareDerisionConsultinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-28 months agoit’s not in a great area, so it was $800-$900 per unit https://www.zumper.com/apartment-buildings/p377770/for-rent-285-college-avenue-saint-johns-winnipeg-mb But $9,000 is basically nothing to the landlord.
This is ridiculous. When the fine is significantly less than the harm, then the fine is just a cost of doing business. Other scummy landlords are going to see this as tacit permission to pull the same move.
I’m not familiar with Winnipeg, but what is that, 3 to 6 months of a single unit’s rent, as a penalty for evicting 32 units?
it’s not in a great area, so it was $800-$900 per unit
https://www.zumper.com/apartment-buildings/p377770/for-rent-285-college-avenue-saint-johns-winnipeg-mb
But $9,000 is basically nothing to the landlord.