Bouchard is one of three tenants of an Alavida Lifestyles retirement residence who say their monthly fees are increasing by hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars through what some experts describe as concerning legal loophole.
Alavida runs four seniors’ residences across Ottawa and has been offering tenants like Bouchard what it describes as “marketing discounts,” which are being scaled back.
But the tenants CBC spoke to all said they were never told the discounts were temporary until recently and would not have moved into homes they would eventually be unable to afford had they been properly informed in the first place.
Five years ago, Bouchard moved into her apartment at Ravines Seniors’ Suites and Retirement Residence, a private home by Alavida Lifestyles.
Some residents feel there’s little choice but to move, even with a lack of affordable options, with tens of thousands of people on the wait list for publicly funded long-term care homes in the province.
In this case, Majid said it’s unclear if the discount was applied to a resident’s rent or the retirement home’s service package, which has no limited cost increase under the Residential Tenancies Act.
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Bouchard is one of three tenants of an Alavida Lifestyles retirement residence who say their monthly fees are increasing by hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars through what some experts describe as concerning legal loophole.
Alavida runs four seniors’ residences across Ottawa and has been offering tenants like Bouchard what it describes as “marketing discounts,” which are being scaled back.
But the tenants CBC spoke to all said they were never told the discounts were temporary until recently and would not have moved into homes they would eventually be unable to afford had they been properly informed in the first place.
Five years ago, Bouchard moved into her apartment at Ravines Seniors’ Suites and Retirement Residence, a private home by Alavida Lifestyles.
Some residents feel there’s little choice but to move, even with a lack of affordable options, with tens of thousands of people on the wait list for publicly funded long-term care homes in the province.
In this case, Majid said it’s unclear if the discount was applied to a resident’s rent or the retirement home’s service package, which has no limited cost increase under the Residential Tenancies Act.
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