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Nichola Taylor

Nichola Taylor is a tenant advocate and Chair of New Brunswick ACORN, representing ACORN Canada's National Board and speaking publicly on renters' rights.

Oct 7, 2026

4:15
W- They're, they've got a great place to sleep one night, and then the next day they fear, at least, they fear that they're gonna be out on the street.
4:23
So there are lots of things here.
4:25
So every, again, every province must have a tenancy, uh, uh, acts in their province that states when the, when the landlords can evict you and when they can't evict you.
4:36
We do see lots of things like renoviction taking place, we, we use that term, where landlords often, um, say they need to renovate the building or the unit, and then they throw out tenants, and this is something, um, that they do in order to jack up rents to bring new people in.
4:54
And, um, you know, it's important if a tenant is feeling that this is happening to them to go to their tenancy board, uh, with evidence and, and complain about it to make sure that the landlord is following the rules depending where they are i- in Canada and to make sure that they're not just being, um, evicted unnecessarily.
5:14
We do need the federal government here to step in when it comes to, um, protecting the a- already existing affordable housing that we have, um, putting proper, um, um, rules and terms, um, in order to protect tenants from such loopholes, um, taking place, you know, in order for landlords to get more money.
10:24
You may be, uh, concerned about m- m, you know, asking for too much because then you're gonna be the difficult renter, and then, um, they're gonna not renew your lease.
10:36
It's an issue, and, uh, many t- tenants do fear retaliation and that they'll be thrown out, so often keep quiet because, um, especially low to moderate income tenants, um, they cannot find a place within their budget.

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