A charity that rents close to 100 tiny homes to people who struggle with chronic homelessness in Fredericton is arguing it shouldn’t be subject to the typical rules governing landlords when it comes to issues such as evicting tenants.
12 Neighbours Community Inc. has applied for judicial review of the province’s decision to put it under the jurisdiction of the Tenant and Landlord Relations Office.
That office – a branch of Housing New Brunswick – is responsible for enforcing the Residential Tenancies Act.
However, 12 Neighbours argues it is not subject to the rules laid out in that legislation due to a clause that exempts projects backed or administered by the government.
In its application filed July 4 in the Fredericton Court of King’s Bench, 12 Neighbours argued that since its 96 units were developed and financed under the National Housing Act and because the organization administers the housing on behalf of the province, it wouldn’t fall under the jurisdiction of the Tenant and Landlord Relations Office.
But Housing New Brunswick argues 12 Neighbours is subject to the Residential Tenancies Act, as are other non-profit housing providers with similar relationships to government.
“Although the 12 Neighbours community is set up differently than other low income housing locations, the agreements with [Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation] and the New Brunswick Housing Corporation are the same type of agreements that are commonly found from landlords who offer low income housing,
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