'This was my home': N.B. senior believes renoviction was unfair
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Ann Marie Lavigne, 68, lived at Résidence Ste-Thérèse in Dieppe, N.B. for three years before her lease was terminated this spring.
Ann Marie Lavigne just wants to go back home.
The 68-year-old lived at Résidence Ste-Thérèse in Dieppe, N.B. for three years before her lease was terminated this spring.
She said she was told by the building's management that due to a renovation project, her residential unit would be turned into a workshop and storage space.
This summer, Laviegne took the matter to court, but lost the case. There is currently no legal aid for tenants rights in the province. She was then given five days notice to leave her home.
"I want my apartment back. It's not fair what they did to me. It's horrible treating a person like that no matter how old the person is," said Lavigne.
Résidence Ste-Thérèse is a non-profit building for people over 55-years-old has 36 apartments and is managed by board members.
"I think it's just shameful," said Lavigne. "I don't understand why I couldn't be transferred."
