Gigi, a registered nurse, returned from work exhausted to the tiny room she was renting in a Toronto home last Monday night. About 45 minutes later, Toronto police were knocking on her bedroom door saying she had to leave "now." torstar.co/Tino50z6giG
"I told (the police officers), ‘I am a nurse. I just got home from work. It’s late,’” said Gigi, who had started her shift at 7 a.m. that day. “They just said: ‘We don’t care. Your landlord wants you out, and you have to go now.’" thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
The Star spoke to the landlady, who said she “had no option” but to evict Gigi because she was “putting the health, safety and well-being of myself and others in the house at risk.” thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
Rent for the room, was $550 a month, '“because it was close to work, and it was all I could afford coming out of school.” Her living situation had been tense with roommates and her landlady over the COVID-19 topic. thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
"These are not normal times. Even on a temporary basis, people need to know they will not come home and be out on the street in the middle of a pandemic," she tells the Star.
Evicted during the pandemic, a Toronto nurse pleads for fairness. Full story:
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Evicted during the pandemic, a Toronto nurse pleads for fairness. Full story:
thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
