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Someone just reported to me that they are also a tenant here at 250 Frederick and that they received an N13 yesterday, July 26th, 2024. This would mean there have now been at least 4 waves of N13 eviction notices.

In relation to the fire that occurred on July 6th, 2024 on the 17th floor of 250 Frederick street, an incident report has been obtained through a freedom of information request. You can read the full 10 page report here. The report contains incident narratives from the perspective of several different members of the Kitchener Fire Department.

One of the incident narratives contains the following noteworthy description: "No injuries were reported or found on scene... P-12/A-12 investigated the fire and located an electrical appliance in the kitchen in the area of significant burning. V pattern was observed indicating that the appliance was in or was the point of origin. The appliance was plugged in and appeared to be an airfryer. Damage too severe to confirm. The stove was located directly beside the appliance that was located on a small counter space and may have been left on causing combustion of the appliance. Occupant indicated that [redacted] did have an air fryer in that location and it was plugged in but not on at the time of [redacted] departure. Nothing suspicious was found that would indicate Arson."

250 Frederick St. appears in this Rogers TV documentary about housing unaffordability (published on July 18, 2024):

For informational purposes, I have uploaded a redacted pdf copy of the full N13 Eviction notice that I originally received on April 30, 2024 (34MiB in size):

I have recently become aware of *another* property in Kitchener that is associated with LUDMILA KARAKULOV. It is 141 Borden Ave N, Kitchener (Borden Apts Inc.):

A tenant provided me with a copy of the letter that they received, urging them to accept a plan to pay more for use of an air conditioner and other appliances. I have redacted the dates, however I will note that the notice only provides the tenant seven days notice between date of the notice and the deadline to comply. Many tenants (including me) have a lease that includes the wording "Hydro: Yes", and historically the hydro was paid for entirely by the building owner. However, when the new owner took over the building, they began pressuring individual tenants to switch to individually metered hydro so that the tenant would pay instead of the building owner. This is despite the fact that many tenants have these 'all inclusive utilities' lease agreements.

This web page by 'Community Legal Education Ontario' has some useful information on rules about air conditioners in Ontario housing law:

Rules about air conditioners – CLEO

About an hour ago, a piece of paper from an individual was place into my mail slot that says the following:

"...Please do not sign anything or remove your appliances at this time. The next step would be for the landlord/management to give you an N5 - A Notice for Interfering with Others, Damage or Overcrowding.but he would still have to apply to the Landlord Tenant Board to have a hearing which would take time...This is an attempt to bully you into immediately taking over your hydro..."