The former superintendent at 91 Brazil Street, who was among dozens of people evicted from the building earlier this month, says he has nowhere to go now that he’s been told he has to leave the hotel where he’s staying.
Jason van Vianen was the live-in superintendent at the apartment building which was shut down by the city due to serious life-safety concerns.
He told VOCM Open Line with Brian Callahan that he and three others have one day left to find a place to live, and the options are scarce.
He’s been seeking answers, but isn’t getting any satisfaction.
Listen to “Jason van Vianen” on Spreaker.
“When nobody calls you back, where do you go? Shelters are full, there’s nothing to rent…in speaking with an outreach group yesterday, basically all they can do is fill out the paperwork and put us in the process, but what do we do in 48 hours when we’re out on the street in the freezing cold with all our stuff?”
Van Vianen, who worked in the building for seven years, wants to know who’s responsible for taking care of the people left with nowhere to go.
Some of the condtions inside 91 Brazil Street that prompted the city to shut down the building due to ‘life- safety concerns’ (Submitted Photo)
“We’re told that come Sunday morning we have to leave this hotel. And honestly, I don’t have any family here. My daughter’s out on Kenmount Terrace and she’s got three roommates; where am I supposed to go? I went to the city, I went to our councillors…I’m at my wit’s end.”
