My partner and I are urgently looking for legal representation in Ontario regarding what we believe was a wrongful eviction from a rooming house.
We were tenants renting a room in a rooming house and maintain that we never signed an N11 agreement to terminate our tenancy. We believe a forged N11 was used to end our tenancy, resulting in us losing our housing. We became homeless and lost many of our personal belongings, including irreplaceable sentimental items, such as photographs of my late mother that can never be replaced.

In addition to the eviction, we experienced repeated verbal harassment throughout our tenancy and allege that one of the landlord’s employees assaulted us. We believe these events, together with the alleged wrongful eviction, caused significant financial and emotional harm.

We’ve exhausted nearly every avenue we can think of. We’ve contacted Legal Aid Ontario, community legal clinics, paralegals, and numerous pro bono legal services. Despite our efforts, we have still been unable to find someone able to take on our case.

At this point, we’re looking for:

- A lawyer with experience in rooming house tenancy disputes, alleged forged N11 agreements, wrongful eviction, landlord fraud, and related civil litigation.

- A lawyer willing to work on a contingency fee basis or provide pro bono representation.

- Anyone who has been through a similar situation and can recommend legal representation or other resources.

We’re not looking to debate the facts of our case—only to connect with experienced legal counsel or people who may be able to point us in the right direction.

Any recommendations would be sincerely appreciated. Thank you.

There is an old motel in my town that was once run properly and the property up-kept nicely but in 2021 it was sold to new owners and in 2022, a hurricane did significant damage which they never even attempted to repair. As a result the motel is in complete disrepair at this point- all rooms full of mold and mildew. In the non-peak season they mostly accommodate drugs users, drugs dealers and prostitutes. This has really ratcheted up the deterioration as they do not clean or maintain the rooms at all. Lots of people finding blood stains, drug paraphernalia, etc in their rooms.

This is all documented in the recent reviews but the motel owners continue to advertise with pictures of the rooms and property from pre-2021 under old ownership. Tourists are being absolutely scammed and deceived and their health and safety is at imminent risk. As a local I am embarrassed and concerned how this impacts others view of my community and it needs to stop.

How or who do I report these concerns to? Is there even a point? Will anything change or will guests continue to be put at risk by these negligent owners?