‘I don’t want to live on the streets’: Halifax man being forced out of home after partner dies | Globalnews.ca


Randy Beals’ name wasn’t on apartment lease where he and his late partner were living, and now he’s being told to get out the home he had been living at the past 7 years.

Following the death of his longtime partner, Lillian, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April and later died as a result of surgery complications in July, the future of Beals’ living situation has become uncertain as he’s now being forced out of their apartment — with nowhere else to go.
“I was in the hospital for a couple weeks … I got ill, doctors’ appointments left, right and, centre. It’s just sad and now it’s even worse, because I have nowhere to live,” he said, adding that his illness recently caused him to retire from a 25-year tenure working at a nearby hospital.
“Where am I going to go? I don’t want to live on the streets, I don’t want to live downtown, around tents and things like that.”
Because his partner was the only name on their apartment lease, MetCap Living, the property management company, is legally able to terminate their rental agreement under Nova Scotia law, despite the fact he and another family member are continuing to live inside the unit as paying tenants.


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