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IS THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH A COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO DECLARE A HOUSING UNHEALTHY AND NOT FIT FOR HABITATION?

IS THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH A COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO DECLARE A HOUSING UNHEALTHY AND NOT FIT FOR HABITATION?

he tenant submitted to the Régie du logement a request for lease termination of a dwelling unfit for habitation and to declare it to have been as such since 1 October 2011. The tenant claims, also, material and moral damage and reimbursement of overpaid rent. The monetary claim arises essentially from determining the uncleanliness of the housing.

In the fall of 2010, the tenant’s housing suffers from water infiltration. A few weeks later, a new infiltration occurs. The roof was finally repaired a few weeks later.

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Me Robert Soucy, avocat

Me Robert Soucy, auparavant régisseur devant la Régie du Logement du Québec, membre du Barreau du Québec depuis 1979, oeuvre auprès des propriétaires depuis 1984.

Il a donné de nombreuses conférences autant pour le Barreau du Québec que les membres de l'Association des propriétaires du Québec. Ainsi qu'écrit des articles dans le mensuel "Le Propriétaire".

Avocat connu et reconnu, il représente les propriétaires de logements locatifs devant la Régie du logement et devant diverses médias.

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