A 91 -year -old man has been extracted from a rented unit in Little Italy that he has called home for the last 20 years and has been sleeping in Toronto shelter.
Isidoro Ventulo lives in an apartment in a bedroom on Clinton Street, but on Friday, Sheriffs told him that he had to leave the unit on Monday.
According to court documents, a bedroom apartment is owned by George Dameello and his father Jose Damelo. A eviction order from last year was upheld on the appeal in May so that Dameello could go to the unit to be close to his father, who has dementia and depends on him for emotional, financial and other support.
Ventulo attempted to introduce us to George, but he refused to request Citynuse for an interview.
Ventulo believes that there is a eviction vengeance for his complaint about evicted insects.
“For two and a half years, they suck my blood and they say to me, ‘Do you have to go?”, Ventulo said.
He said that he has also added thousands of dollars of his own money to repair.
“I want to take off the floor and fix it with cement,” shared by Ventulo.
Ventulo, who tells Citynues that he is suffering from depression, is a head in Little Italy, known by many people in the community.
“It’s crazy, he is an elderly man. Where is he going?” Asked a neighbor.
Municipal councilor for the region, Diane Sachs, said he had found a temporary solution. “We worked hard with the staff of the city to ensure that tonight is going to have a bed for him in a shelter.”
While the position of Ventulo is terrible, Sax says that it is not unique. “The way the Ford government has structured rent control, it gives the landlords a very powerful incentive to get rid of the tenants who have been impartial or dishonestly long -term tenants, as they can increase the rent.”
CITYNEWS reached the Municipal Affairs and Housing Ministry, but received no response.
In Ontario, the landlords must follow a specific legal process to evict a tenant, and only specific reasons such as rented non-paying and property’s own use, as claimed here.
Sax said that his team is working on finding Ventulo permanent housing in this neighborhood, so he can be close to its medical facilities and live in the community where he has cultivated two decades of relationships.