‘They just see these tenants as a profits’: Guelph residents fighting back against renoviction [Video]

It’s a story that’s become all too familiar in Ontario.

A new owner swoops in, buys an apartment building and, soon enough, tenants are evicted so their unit can be renovated.

That’s what’s happening at three Guelph, Ont. apartment buildings.

And if the story sounds familiar, it’s because the new owner is the same one Kitchener tenants have been battling for months.

Brant Avenue

In January, tenants found out an entity named BRANT APTS INC. purchased the three mid-rise building on Brant Avenue.

Not long after, residents started receiving N-13 eviction notices stating they would need to move out of their homes so the new owner could renovate the units.

Some residents felt their situation seemed very similar to other buildings where tenants claimed a renovation turned into renoviction.

A dig through public records found that Ludmila Karakulov was listed as the business director for BRANT APTS INC. and 250 FREDERICK INC., a Kitchener, Ont. apartment building where dozens of tenants received N-13 evictionnotices shortly …