Tenants of Montreal building say new landlord wants to force them out [Video]

The tenants of two downtown Montreal apartment buildings say their new landlord is trying to force them out.

“We received… started to receive calls about major renovations that will be going on,” said Mina Sadigh, a tenant who has lived at the Fort Street building in Montreal’s Shaughnessy Village for three years.

She says tenants were given an ultimatum after the new landlord took possession of the building last December.

“I was given three options. One was that they’re going to take me to the legal court,” she said. “Second was that I’m going to have to go out [during renovations]…And then I will be back, and the price would be higher than what it is right now.”

The third option was to sign a contract to move out at the end of June in exchange for three months of free rent.

“I signed it because I thought I had …