Slap in the face: Tenants evicted for demolition, units then posted for higher rent [Video]

Karlie Rheaume had only been living at their Sackville, N.B., apartment unit for a couple of months when they received an eviction notice on July 3.

The letter said tenants would have to be out by the beginning of August because the building’s new owners planned to demolish it.

“Those notices were served on my door. I was at work. I got a text of a picture of my door with those pages, and they clearly stated, ‘We’re demolishing the building,’” said Rheaume (they/them).

They and their neighbours scrambled to find new places to live that was within their budget — not an easy feat in the current housing market.

“Having a month to find housing was like, ‘Where am I going to live?’ There’s already a pretty tough market here in Sackville,” Rheaume said.

“It wasn’t until a coworker of mine spoke to his partner, who was working out …