Montreal family camping in the driveway<\/a> of their Ahuntsic duplex will be allowed to move into the property on Sept. 1 after a ruling by Quebec\u2019s housing tribunal.<\/p>\nArmelle Foka and her family of nine have been living in a trailer parked in the driveway of their property for three weeks. <\/p>\n
Foka purchased the duplex in late 2025 and filed a repossession request for both apartments with Quebec\u2019s housing tribunal.<\/p>\n
According to court documents, Foka, her four kids and her two sisters had planned to move into one of the units, while her parents would move into the other. <\/p>\n
The tenants challenged that repossession request in front of the tribunal and stayed in the units. <\/p>\n
Last week, Foka told CBC her family had nowhere to go while they waited for the decision, so they ended up renting a trailer.<\/p>\n
On July 17, the province’s housing tribunal ruled partially in Foka\u2019s favour, ordering tenants living on the main floor to vacate the unit by August 31. Foka was ordered to cover their moving costs, set at $3,500. <\/p>\n
However, Foka\u2019s parents\u2019 immigration status was considered \u201ctoo precarious\u201d to guarantee they would live in the other unit permanently.<\/p>\n
The ruling explains that in order for a dwelling repossession to be granted, the tribunal must balance the owner\u2019s right to enjoy their property as they see fit with the tenant\u2019s right to keep their home. The judge said there can\u2019t be any uncertainty regarding the plan\u2019s feasibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Tribunal doesn\u2019t doubt the landlord wishes to house her mother so she can support and assist her in taking care of the children as well as daily chores,\u201d the ruling reads.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, the landlord\u2019s mother, who is from Cameroon, holds a Canadian visitor visa that expires in 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tribunal explained that the visa doesn\u2019t guarantee Foka\u2019s mother a permanent Canadian immigrant status.<\/p>\n
Court documents also state that, at the time of the hearing, Foka’s father was in Cameroon, with plans to join the family in Montreal once the apartment became available.<\/p>\n
The tenants ordered to leave by the end of August told CBC they \u2019re already looking for another place to live. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-815103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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