Cheryl Reinhard
North Vancouver

It is a sad day for renters.
Ym sure this will lead to
“many problems in the
uture. The Rentalsman’s
Office has been perform-
- ing a valuable service,
and, in fact, they have
helped me in the past. -

trols. I have gone to: ‘the
“Rentalsman: before and’ I
would much prefer that to
dlord .
e Ren.
talsman is gone, ‘I’m sure:
e will be sorely missed.

‘It was a mistake for the
~ provincial government to
eliminate’ rent controls.
a Renters: “need this

., mecessary service.

Greg Mostardi
North Vancouver

_ [think we need rent con-

‘trols and it is unfortunate
the government madc this
decision. Big hikes in rent
are going tobea real pro-
blem for many pcople,

especially the
‘unemployed and the
elderly.
Alex Pawlovich

. West Vancouver

I believe market demand, :
in reality, controls rents.
The rent controls don't
apply to all units anyway.
However, I don’t like the
idea of the Rentalsman’s
office being phased out.

~ landlord Torbin Kristensen.

ing the apartm
at 105° West Keith Road ‘at
the end’ of this: month have

‘run-in * with

A three-day power. failure:
that cut about half “the. cir-

_cuits to the nine  suites* still
occupied,

left . tenants
without elevator service, hot
water, some lights and ap-

pliances.
Blackburn of ‘the

North Shore Tenants’

Association, -which~ has

represented the tenants in a
year-long fight’:over’ the
future of the building, said
Wednesday that Kristensen
had cut power to the
building.

But by the end. of: the.
week, it appeared the power

failure was due to problems
with an underground ‘cable

CONVENIENCE AND SE

r

feéding the: uilding.

_ the landlord to carry out ex-

‘Regardless: of the’ ‘cause, score
the lack of power was a ma-
jor inconvenience ‘for
tenants, particularly for
fifth-floor-: residents Harry,
74, and Louelia, 72, Lindsay.

_ Without ‘the elevator the

all: ‘but’ ‘confined to

The Tenants’ Association
received an order from the
Rentalsman’s office Wednes-
day that the power be
restored.

The order was not carried
out until Thursday,
however, because of a
dispute between managers of
the building and B.C. Hydro
over who was responsible.

Tenants at 105 West Keith
Road are under order ‘to
vacate the building by the
end of:this month to enable

tensive r epairs.

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