Evictions cancelled after Campbellton tenants win appeal at tribunal

Residents of a Campbellton apartment complex have learned their sudden eviction notices have been cancelled by the province's Residential Tenancies Tribunal.

Residents of a Campbellton apartment complex have learned their sudden eviction notices have been cancelled by the province's Residential Tenancies Tribunal.

The tenants in the northern New Brunswick units were told last month they had until July 2 to move out, after the building was sold to a new owner. The move left them scrambling to find new places to live in a city with little-to-no rental housing.

Géraldine Lévesque said she's already made plans to move into a new apartment building now under construction, but the cancelled eviction will allow her to stay in her current unit until the new one is ready at the end of this year.

"I'm relieved," Lévesque, told Radio-Canada in French. "It looks like the reason they gave was not acceptable to put people out, to do what they wanted to do with it."