Hampton NB tenants pushed out of homes for Airbnb after landlord thwarted by rent cap
Two families living in a duplex in Hampton now have fewer than 30 days to get out, according to eviction notices stuck in their doors on March 31.
The previous day, they told their property manager they would not agree to rent increases that would take their rent from $700 per month to $900 for one unit and $1,000 for the other, starting Aug. 1.
Those increases would be well over the 3.8 per cent rent cap announced by the New Brunswick government on budget day on March 22.
Bill 96, an Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, was tabled March 29 and is widely expected to be passed into law. When that happens, it will apply retroactively from Jan. 1 and be effective through December 2022.
Jennifer Taylor thought that meant she could safely refuse to pay an increase of nearly 30 per cent.
Instead, she got an eviction notice, informing her that her Hampton apartment is being converted into an Airbnb effective May 1. …[Read More]