Rooming House

• Montreal shelter opens rooming house to help 20 vulnerable women

  A Montreal shelter has opened its first rooming house and is set to welcome 20 vulnerable women who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2023
  
• Tenants of Brockville rooming house ordered out over fire hazards, building code violations

  About 20 people are now homeless after a downtown Brockville rooming house was condemned by the fire marshal.

  News

  Nov 9, 2021
  
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• Rooming house evictions in Moncton highlight affordable housing problem

  Approximately 20 people are left searching for permanent housing options after a rooming house was deemed unsafe in Moncton last week.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2021
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• Owner of Toronto rooming house where woman died in fire ordered to pay $1.3M

  Alisha Lamers was 24 when she died after being trapped in the burning basement unit she had been renting.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2019
• 14 people displaced after rooming house fire in Fredericton: Red Cross

  The fire at the two-storey home was reported shortly after 5 a.m., on Thursday.

  Fire

  Oct 31, 2019
• 18 displaced, firefighter injured after blaze damages Moncton rooming house

  The blaze at the rooming house, located at 44-50 St. George St., was reported shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2019
• Ontario Fire Marshal investigate rooming house fire in Peterborough

  On Sunday around 5:30 p.m., crews were called to a structure fire on Water Street, where they were met with thick smoke billowing from the rooming house.

  Crime

  Apr 1, 2019
• 2 injured, including firefighter, in Parkdale rooming house fire

  Capt. David Eckerman told Global News that emergency crews were called just after 2 a.m. for reports of a fire in the area of Dufferin and King streets.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2019
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• Neighbourhood gathering to be held outside closed Peterborough rooming house

  Last Wednesday fire prevention inspectors identified numerous fire code violations within the combined property on 494-496 Bolivar Street in Peterborough.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2018
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• Peterborough rooming house closed for fire code violations

  The property owner was previously fined in 2016 for similar fire code violations.

  Crime

  Oct 10, 2018