I started this blog both to document the difficulties a tenant faces trying to enforce the law. It had become very clear to me over the previous decade that there were some fundamental inequities in the landlord tenant relationship (to put it mildly) in downtown Hamilton. Along the way I’ve some to a few conclusions about the effectiveness of the Landlord and Tenant Board (both as an adjudicative body and as an effective means for a tenant to enforce rights under the law) the effectiveness of Municipal Law Enforcement at curbing landlord misbehavior, the contributions made to the current housing crisis in Hamilton by the ineffectiveness of the LTB and MLE, and the ongoing gong-show (shitshow? bullying douchebaggery? neo-facist sellouts? It’s hard to find the right label…) that passes for city government in Hamilton.
Chapter 62 – Monday August 26, 2019 – Saturday August 31, 2019
The harassment escalates before and during another hearing, as usual. To this point there have been at least seventeen complaints to police (at least 10 from our landlord and his crew) resulting in 15 responses, and charges being laid in two cases (against Jeremy Stamper). The tally is at 19 hours 0 minutes of hearing time at the LTB, in 15 hearings, two by telephone, thirteen in person (counting the Case Management Hearing and mediation session of May 19, 2017 as hearings). It has also used up 9 hours and 51 minutes of a mediator’s time. On the criminal side, it has used up whatever time the pre-enquete hearing used when process was issued on Pollington’s private complaint, and three short appearances. Call it four hearings, 80 minutes of a judge’s time.
Chapter 63 – Monday September 2, 2019
The harassment continues.
Chapter 59 – Thursday August 22, 2019
10:08 am - I attended Jeremy Stamper Roy's first appearance for the charges laid against him on July 13, 2019. The only two of the loony crew who accompanied him were his mother, Christina, and Richard Pollington. They were well behaved; not a single upraised middle finger to be seen. I spoke to the Crown. …
Chapter 58 – Wednesday August 21, 2019
Jeremy Stamper breaches his recognizance, again.
Chapter 57 – Saturday August 17, 2019 – Tuesday August 20, 2019
A complaint is made to Property Standards about the front deck and a broken board in the front stairs. John receives another Compliance Order.
Chapter 56 – Friday August 16, 2019
The false complaints to HPS continue, and police get even more hostile and bullying.
Chapter 52 – Friday, August 9, 2019
Pollington and the Stampers were at it again. I got a welcome coming home from work. It was a long day, so I gave back what they were giving. Ron Stamper has a bit of a temper tantrum, and Richard Pollington is his usual self. (“The night you were born the doctor should have slapped …
Chapter 51 – Wednesday August 7, 2019-Thursday August 8, 2019
Wednesday August 7, 2019 – Maximum Pest Control returned to our apartment and treated for bedbugs (Doc 359). We were both exhausted from dealing with John’s crew and the bedbugs, but Marie met the exterminators and did all of the laundry herself because I had a medical appointment. Thursday, August 8, 2019 - On the …
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Chapter 50 – Tuesday August 6, 2019
To this point there have been at least fifteen complaints to police (at least 8 from our landlord and his crew) resulting in 14 responses, and charges being laid in two cases (against Jeremy Stamper). The tally is at 19 hours 0 minutes of hearing time at the LTB, in 15 hearings, two by telephone, thirteen in person (counting the Case Management Hearing and mediation session of May 19, 2017 as hearings). It has also used up 9 hours and 51 minutes of a mediator’s time. On the criminal side, it has used up whatever time the pre-enquete hearing used when process was issued on Pollington’s private complaint, and ne short appearance. Call it two hearings, 50 minutes of a judge's time.
Chapter 48 – Sunday July 29, 2019 to Sunday August 4, 2019
This is a placeholder post. I will fill in some specific incidents at a future date but for the most part the Pollingtons, Stampers and our landlords continued their harassment without any major changes in tactics. Noise, shouted insults, spitting, loud provocative conversations we were intended to overhear (mostly between John and/or Agostino and Christine) …
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