Why this landlord is living in his restaurant basement
Stephane Poquet has been living in his restaurant basement for the last five months while awaiting a decision from Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board after he applied to evict his tenant so he could move into the condo unit he owns after he and his ex-partner sold their home last year.
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![Stephane Poquet sits next to his makeshift bed he's set up in the basement of his Toronto restaurant. He's been sleeping there while waiting for a long-delayed decision from the Landord and Tenant Board that, if ruled in his favour, would allow him to move back into the condo he owns that's currently occupied by a tenant. A man sits in a chair in a cluttered basement. A makeshift bed is next to him.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7223397.1717448261!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/stephane-poquet.jpg)
Stephane Poquet has been living in his restaurant basement for the last five months while awaiting a decision from Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board after he applied to evict his tenant so he could move into the condo unit he owns after he and his ex-partner sold their home last year.