N.B. tenants facing eviction after landlord pivots to Airbnb due to province's new cap on rent hikes

Two families living in a duplex in Hampton now have fewer than 30 days to get out, according to eviction notices stuck in their doors on March 31.  

The previous day, they told their property manager they would not agree to rent increases that would take their rent from $700 per month to $900 for one unit and $1,000 for the other, starting Aug. 1.  

Those increases would be well over the 3.8 per cent rent cap announced by the New Brunswick government on budget day on March 22. 

Bill 96, an Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act,