The Together Against Poverty Society is calling for provincial legislation after so-called "renoviction" notices were delivered to residents of a Cook Street apartment.
The thirty-two residents at 2626 Cook Street received eviction notices last Wednesday. They're being given until the end of March to vacate their suites, and they've been promised the right of first refusal to move back in when renovations are complete.
But TAPS legal advocate Emily Rogers says their rents will likely rise to current market value, something many of the residents won't be able to afford.
"What we're asking for is a strengthening of the law to allow tenants the first right of refusal to move back in to their units after renovations are complete in scenarios such as this. And also so that the law allows tenants to move back in at the same rent as they were paying before."
Rogers says some tenants have been living at the apartment for as long as forty years.