A disabled mother and daughter from Fredericton say they were on the verge of getting long-overdue repairs to their subsidized apartment when their landlord withdrew from New Brunswick’s rent subsidy program — a decision that nearly left them homeless.

Lisa Young, 32, and her mother Sandy White, 59, now want the laws changed to prevent the same thing from happening to someone else.

“These units are not getting the care they need and vulnerable people are stuck in them because they have nowhere else to go,” said Young.

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There is no legislation under the Residential Tenancies Act preventing landlords from opting their units out of the province’s subsidy program at any point.

Julia Woodhall-Melni

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