Winnipeg landlord fined $9,000 for evicting College Avenue tenants without notice

A landlord who evicted tenants without announcement from a North End gathering successful July has been deed with $9,000 successful fines.

A connection from the state confirms the Residential Tenancies Branch issued penalties to Kelly Vasas, the landlord of 285 College Ave. This follows the state issuing 32 lockout orders to Vasas and hiring a locksmith to re-key each the doors and fto the tenants instrumentality location astir a week aft the evictions.

Vasas’s lawyer says his lawsuit has filed appeals for each of the 9 $1,000 fines. That entreaty is acceptable for the extremity of October.

In mid-July, tenants accidental they were told to permission the gathering immediately, with lone the possessions they could get retired of their rooms wrong the day. Several said they were offered wealth to leave, and that they were intimidated by the workers who allegedly broke and threw distant tenants’ property.

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Kyle Lemke, who present lives successful a Manitoba Housing unit, says helium inactive hasn’t received immoderate compensation for the furnishings and possessions helium had to permission behind. He says he’s gladsome to spot immoderate benignant of punishment for the landlord.

“I’m not definite if that’s connected the precocious extremity oregon debased end, but it’s bully to perceive that he’s being fined,” Lemke says. “And that sounds similar a superior good to maine – if I got a $9,000 fine, I’m retired of business.”