Tenants won renoviction dispute prior to Sandy Hill fire
CTV
Two tenants of a Sandy Hill townhome have lost most of what they own after escaping a fire in Sandy Hill early Thursday morning.
Two tenants of a Sandy Hill townhome have lost most of what they own after escaping a fire in Sandy Hill early Thursday morning.
Fire investigators were on scene Friday searching for the cause of the fire, which destroyed the property on Osgoode Street.
A man was recued from one of the units and taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. He has since been released. The other tenant, a woman, was able to escape when the fire broke out.
The fire comes after the tenants were fighting eviction and had recently won their case to be given another affordable unit.
"Luckily they had somewhere to go because they already negotiated with the landlord to move into a renovated unit," said tenant organizer, Sloane Mulligan.
Four years ago, the landlord issued eviction notices in order to upgrade the property and charge a higher rent.
"We offered the tenants a generous and flexible relocation package which vastly exceeded what the law required in such cases, and included rent compensation plus moving service assistance," read a statement by Smart Living Properties to CTV News.
