ENDERBY — The manager of a boarding home shut down by the City of Enderby for safety and sanitary concerns is reeling, saying the way the closure was handled was a “violation of human rights.”
“I am very upset with the lack of accommodations for the displaced tenants,” Fulton continues.
The City of Enderby’s Chief Administrative Officer, Tate Bengston says the order to close the boarding house was a choice of safety over displacing people.
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City officials along with a social support team shut down the boarding house Wednesday afternoon. Bengston says alternate accommodations were offered for all residents who wanted it, which he says Fulton and another tenant refused.
“Our goal going in was to put no one out on the street,” says Bengston.
Once a suspected drug lab was located on the premises, the evacuation order turned into a police investigation. The store beside the boarding house is closed while police conduct their investigation, but was not part of the evacuation order.
But Fulton believes the situation as a whole was handled poorly and believes he and the tenants have been treated unfairly.
“I feel building codes are being capriciously enforced to degenerate the position of already impoverished people.”
Global News has learned the owner of the property was unaware of the City’s actions to close the boarding home.
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