Family ordered to leave rental house by health authority amidst tenancy dispute
A Prince Albert woman and her four children have been ordered to leave their rental home on health grounds in a messy tenant-landlord dispute that also involves family and a local property management company.
Jody Sawatzky received a hand-delivered letter from the Saskatchewan Health Authority on Monday saying she and her family had until Friday to get out of the property on 22nd Street East because it is “unsanitary and unfit for human occupation.” She’s been renting there for two months but said inspectors found mold. paNOW has obtained a copy of the letter Sawatsky received.
“After a while I got pneumonia and the kids were also getting sick and throwing up,” she told paNOW. “In the lease there were conditions that I should fix up the property and I’m paying $700 a month for the three-bedroom house. But I would never have taken it had I known about the mold.” She has already moved her children out.
Fighting back tears Sawatzky said she was desperate as she tried to find other accommodation.