'Where will I go?': London, Ont. woman evicted on her 83rd birthday
CTV
Christer Barrett did not expect to be crying on her 83rd birthday. The London octogenarian and her daughter Deborah Barrett were two of 20 tenants of 1270 and 1280 Webster St. who received eviction notices by their landlord.
Christer Barrett did not expect to be crying on her 83rd birthday.
The London octogenarian and her daughter Deborah Barrett were two of 20 tenants of 1270 and 1280 Webster St. who received eviction notices by their landlord.
“I’m a nervous wreck, I don’t know where to go,” said Christer.
Deborah said they had just returned home from a trip to the grocery store when they found letters at their front door late last week.
“I opened it up and I was like, ‘Oh my god it's an eviction notice,’” said Deborah from the couch at her mother’s apartment. “She [Christer] started crying, came down here, and there was one at her door.”
Christer worries where she will live after four years in her current apartment. She currently pays $900 per month in rent.
“I can’t afford $1,800 a month,” she said, holding back tears. “I live on a fixed income, just like so many other people who live here. I don’t know what to do.”