A single mom evicted from a B.C. non-profit housing complex has had her eviction overturned after a judge said the Residential Tenancy Branch had relied on little evidence in their decision.
According to the court’s Aug. 2 decision, Ali is an unemployed mom of two children, aged two and nine. She lives in a townhouse complex called Newton Green where she pays a subsidized rent of $536 per month to complex manager Entre Nous Femmes Housing Society — an organization overseen by Semiahmoo Peninsula Affordable Housing Society and sanctioned by BC Housing.
On Oct. 28, 2022, Ali responded with an explanation that the family members babysat and slept over on occasion. She also provided a tenancy agreement for their basement suite in Surrey, among other evidence that they lived elsewhere. Three days later, the complex manager, via the society, issued a one-month eviction notice.
Ali's application for a judicial review claimed the branch decision was “patently unreasonable” for failing to consider her evidence, including failing to account for the fact neither family member was living in her place at the time of eviction, and there was no evidence showing otherwise.
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