Legal Blog

Class Action Lawsuit

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Josephine Mackie Grey, a widowed mother of four has lived in public housing for 22 years. Grey has initiated a class action law suit against the City of Toronto and possibly the Province.

Grey alleges she has had to wait over 17 years to have repairs completed at her public housing unit. Grey told the Toronto Star, that after years of dealing with floods, overflowing toilets, no shower and not counting on heat, she had enough.

She wants the court to Order the Toronto Community Housing Corp, who is responsible for managing 58,500 public housing units to maintain the units and ensure they comply with basic health and safety standards within six months and to pay damages in the amount of $1,000 to every tenant who has filed a request for repairs and has waited two weeks or more.

This will be an interesting case to watch as some of Toronto's public housing units are completely dilapidated and wore down while, others seem to be in better shape.