The Landlord and Tenant Board found the landlord’s conduct ‘deplorable,’ saying they clearly took advantage of a vulnerable tenant.
Wow what a scumbag. I hope word gets around-- This should be the top search result for “Adam Malamis” or “Simalam web development.”
To try to get the money, he would have to take the order through the complex Small Claims Court enforcement process. That’s because, as an administrative tribunal, the LTB doesn’t have the power to enforce its own orders.
So the tenant was rough sleeping while suing for wrongful eviction, without a lawyer and won, the landlord hasn’t paid what to him is pocket change, and now the tenant still has to sue again because the tribunal can’t enforce their own orders? Welcome to the Americas. I’m so sorry USA Americanism has metastasized so far, so rapidly, infecting Canada, the UK, Oz and everywhere else.
its capitalism.
working exactly as intended.
You are exactly right, too. A while back, something about lifestyles of the wealthy in the gilded age in the USA blipped across the news. I looked up tax rates for then, and right before the Black Friday market crash. With the dismantling of Glass-Stegall and anti-trust/anti-monipoly laws, we’re very close to those tax rates. We keep repeating lessons learned and it’s very sad. You’d think the ultra-wealthy would remember why there was a middle class, to begin with, but they can’t manage to retain even that memory.
I did maintenance for a low income building. They would have me upgrade specific units so they could Airbnb them while they denied low income applications to keep those units empty. Disabled people who needed housing were denied because it was more profitable to leave it empty and rent it out to tourists a few times a month.
We also didn’t do maintenance on specific units in order to get tenants to move out. There was a specific unit that was given to new tenants that would routinely flood. They used it to get rid of people that complained too much. If you only complained a little and cooperated with their bs, you could eventually move to a unit that stayed dry all year.
NIMRH Not in my rental house.
*NIMROD Not in my rented out domicile.
Tech entrepreneur Adam Malamis was well-known in London’s business and charitable sectors. He had been on the Chamber of Commerce board and recognized as a “Top 20 under 40” by London Inc. magazine. His web-development firm, Simalam, caters to non-profits and government agencies and he helped launch a nationwide volunteer snow-shovelling network described as “an experiment in kindness.”
It’s often the ones courting attention and praise that turn out to be the biggest bastards.
Anyone have a non-paywalled link?
From the other comment thread: https://archive.is/OdJYh
The landlord has no shame - Karma is not a bad removed sometimes. I am sure the landlord will suffer from his actions later in his life.
If only I believed in Karma.
Too many disgusting people get to die comfortable and old for me to ever have any hope.
If you have a solidarity network in your city, join it and help them however you are able.
If you don’t have a solidarity network where you are, consider attempting to form one.
The reason this kind of thing can happen unchallenged is because landlords know they can drag legal battles out in court with no other repercussions for a long time. Don’t let them think that. Get involved, get organized.
Paywall. Suddenly I don’t care.
I mean if he is actively lobbying the government to increase his taxes so that free housing is available, sounds like a good landlord
Until you learn they’re ending homelessness by criminalizing vagrancy.
Yeah I guess it depends who they give money to
Well yeah, those vagrants effect his Airbnb business.
Rock and a hard place for me with this mentality. Exploit the weakness then close the gap. Shit it’s better than previous landlords. So the ball is rolling the direction we want. Maybe not at the right pace though.
I mean the landlord could also have a mortgage to pay. You have to evict at some point. But, ideally, the government would be able to step in, recognize the risk presented to the tenant, and either pay their rent or issue a moratorium on the mortgage so that they wouldn’t be evicted.
If the landlord was trying to fight for such government support, then they’re doing the right thing
Classic case of hating the game and not the player.
No such thing
He deactivated his and his company’s Twitter account. Remind him what a scumbag he his when he activates those accounts again in a month.
Has he also deactivated his company’s mailbox? I know stamps are more expensive than Facebook comments, but the cost to your soul is so much less.
I think the benefit to Facebook comments is that they’re public. what’s the benefit to writting a letter if other people can’t see it?
