The family said they have not filed an official complaint to the health authority as of Thursday morning. The family has not been told by doctors what happened to the infant. “They said there’s nothing they could do and they literally just sent her to Terrace,” which is roughly 60 kilometres away.Īt Mills Memorial, his daughter delivered her stillborn baby. Morrison claims the family was refused service and told to go to Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace. 28), so the family brought her to the hospital anticipating that labour was near. 12, was having close contractions on early Thursday morning (Jan. Theo Morrison told Black Press Media that his pregnant daughter, whose due date was Jan. Mullin did not return a request for comment when asked if the company intends to reimburse other tenants at Lake View Village whose recent rent increase was similar to Champ’s.A Kitimat woman is mourning the loss of her baby amid allegations by the family that she was denied service at Kitimat General Hospital. “The seniors housing industry has bundled housing and hospitality services since inception with much ambiguity around the application of the Residential Tenancy Act,” she wrote, adding that the company has begun work on “new lease agreements” that will be clearer. In an email, Celeste Mullin, vice president of Golden Life Management, admitted that the distinction between services and rent needs clarification. So each other person at Lake View Village to whom the increase was given would have to apply for a separate hearing, or they could apply as a group. “This is because each tenancy is a separate agreement, and it is not possible to make a final decision until evidence and testimony from both parties have been reviewed.”Īrbitrator decisions are not based on precedent, the spokesperson said. “An arbitrator’s decision on one tenancy does not automatically apply to other tenants in the building,” a spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing told the Nelson Star in an email. The decision in Champ’s arbitration applies only to her apartment, even though many other residents received the same rent increase. “I think that Dixie deserves tremendous accolades for having taken on the hard work to put this petition through.”Ĭhamp and Shave are co-chairs of a residents’ council that has been in discussions with Golden Life Management about the increase. “I’m so encouraged by the result,” said Dede Shave, a tenant at LakeView Village who was also given the same rent increase. The Columbia Basin Trust is a half owner of Lake View Village, but plays no part in its management. Golden Life Management, based in Cranbrook, owns and operates 16 seniors housing facilities in B.C. This rent increase and the ensuing dispute applies only to independent living. Lake View Village has 65 units classed as independent living - Champ’s is in that category - and 25 that provide assisted living. Accordingly, Amsdorf said Champ should deduct $950.86 from her next rent payment to cover the illegal portion of the rent paid over the past several months. This means that two per cent of the rent increase was legal, and the remaining 2.4 per cent was not. “As such, the entire amount of base rent is governed by the rent increase provisions of the Residential Tenancy Act and Regulations.” “I find that all items noted in section three of the tenancy agreement are considered part of the base rent,” arbitrator C. The company argued that those services are not part of the rent, and therefore their cost may be increased by more than two per cent.Ĭhamp’s response was that her signed tenancy agreement includes those services - which can not be opted out of - in the rent, and therefore they are subject to the maximum two per cent increase. The arbitrator found that a rent increase of 4.5 per cent for Champ’s apartment at Lake View Village in Nelson exceeded the rent increase limit of two per cent set by the province.Īt the hearing, Golden Life Management argued that part of the 4.5 per cent increase was to cover the increased cost of services made available to the tenants such as one meal per day, weekly cleaning, cable, shuttle bus service, and night-time supervision. Residential Tenancy Branch delivered his decision last week following a formal hearing in July. Dixie Champ, a tenant in a Nelson seniors housing complex, has won her dispute of a rent increase given by her landlord, Golden Life Management Ltd.Īlthough the decision applies only to Champ, it may have implications for dozens of other rent increases given to residents of the same building and perhaps in others around the province.Īn arbitrator at the B.C.
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