![]() Their three kids are also trying to help. ![]() Meanwhile, Romero and her husband are taking on extra hours at their respective retail and IT jobs and have burned through their savings to pay their bills, she said. The semi-detached home in Niagara Falls, Ont., is owned and rented out by Romero. Romero said the tenants had told her they were having financial problems. The tenants did not respond to requests for comment. In addition to the financial impact, Romero said she is also experiencing insomnia and a chronic rash from the stress. ![]() "We are extremely upset and discouraged with the system." "I want them to leave and I want to sell and never ever, ever again," she said. Lengthy delays at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) mean she'll likely have to wait months more for a hearing to try to evict them, while her family is at a "breaking point financially," she said. When the main-floor tenants were late on their $1400-a-month rent payments a few times last year, Romero said she was understanding and gave them extensions.īut since February, those tenants haven't paid rent at all and now owe her around $7,000, said Romero. The home has two rental units - one on the main floor, where one couple lives, and a basement apartment, home to a single renter. She and her husband renovated the Niagara Falls, Ont., semi-detached home and attempted to build a good relationship with the tenants they inherited, she said. When Luz Romero heard about a rental property for sale a few years ago, she jumped at the opportunity to be a landlord.
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