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Published on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 by Camille Payant<\/a> in the Journal de Montr\u00e9al<\/a>.<\/p>\n R\u00e9sidences Soleil will have to pay $17,000 in damages to an 82-year-old tenant who was threatened with eviction because he led a residents’ committee demanding a rent reduction during the pandemic.<\/p>\n For two years, tenants of R\u00e9sidences Soleil Manoir Brossard on Montreal’s South Shore were unable to access their activities because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n There are plenty of them in these two towers, which are reminiscent of a Club Med<\/em> for seniors: bowling, mini-golf, spa, shuffleboard<\/em>, swimming pool, gym, cinema…<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ManoirBrossard_PhotoCamillePayant.jpg” title_text=”ManoirBrossard_PhotoCamillePayant” _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” max_height=”983px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”|0px||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Pierre Rochon, who has been living there since 2019, has started researching the various legal remedies available to reduce the rent for the cancelled services.<\/p>\n He and his friend, Laurier Lepage, formed a residents’ group to send homeowners a request to “recover overpayments for services and activities not rendered”.<\/p>\n Eventually, 400 of Manoir Brossard’s 600 residents agreed to sign the formal notice. The claim totals over $3 million and is still before the courts.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”2px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n However, R\u00e9sidences Soleil did not appreciate the request and decided to “produce a gag effect” by sending a formal notice to Mr. Rochon, according to Administrative Judge Robin-Martial Guay of the Tribunal administratif du logement (TAL).<\/p>\n The letter warned him to stop “soliciting residents” or face “expulsion without further notice from [leur] “.<\/p>\n Laurier Lepage, who no longer lived at R\u00e9sidences Soleil but wished to visit his friend, was then refused access to Manoir Brossard. A photo of him was even posted at the reception desk to remind employees that he could not enter the building.<\/p>\n “The Tribunal will refrain from qualifying the nature of this injunction to the tenant,” added administrative judge Guay.<\/p>\n Manoir Brossard manager Dominique Bergeron did not respond to our request.<\/p>\n Pierre Rochon, who represented himself before the TAL, sent a formal notice to R\u00e9sidences Soleil for violating his privacy by refusing access to Mr. Lepage.<\/p>\n In response, R\u00e9sidences Soleil indicated that it would terminate its lease on August 1st<\/sup>, 2022. Then they failed to collect his August and September rents.<\/p>\n “It was not out of concern for the security of the premises and the peaceful enjoyment of the tenants that the director acted as she did, but solely to obtain that the instigator of 400 formal notices […] leave the residence”, ruled the TAL.<\/p>\n The Tribunal found in favor of the tenant, awarding him $17,000 in damages. But the most important thing for Mr. Rochon is that he has ordered Laurier Lepage to visit him again at his home, where he is happy all the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2024\/03\/21\/residences-soleil–17-000-a-un-locataire-quon-a-tente-de-faire-taire” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Click here to read the article on the Journal de Montr\u00e9al website” _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s a fine example of a man who knew how to be accompanied and who emerged stronger and a winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelles-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6475"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6729,"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6475\/revisions\/6729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caapmonteregie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}He was the instigator of a request to reduce rent during the pandemic because of services not received.<\/h4>\n
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“We didn’t think it was going to get this big,” Mr. Rochon mentioned in an interview with Le Journal.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n
FORMAL NOTICE<\/strong><\/h3>\n
LEASE CANCELLATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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CAAP Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie is an organization whose mandate is to inform and assist tenants in private residences for the elderly about their lease and their rights and obligations. You can contact us at 450 347-0670.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n