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Winnipeg landlord who evicted tenants faces $9K in penalties (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to c/winnipeg@lemmy.ca

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is ridiculous. When the fine is significantly less than the harm, then the fine is just a cost of doing business. Other scummy landlords are going to see this as tacit permission to pull the same move.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not familiar with Winnipeg, but what is that, 3 to 6 months of a single unit's rent, as a penalty for evicting 32 units?

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

it's not in a great area, so it was $800-$900 per unit

https://www.zumper.com/apartment-buildings/p377770/for-rent-285-college-avenue-saint-johns-winnipeg-mb

But $9,000 is basically nothing to the landlord.