Monday July 5, 2004
Asking more people more questions has increased my frustration. So, perhaps fewer questions of fewer people would be the solution? Maybe. Today I continued to pursue what I'd started on Friday: a reset to the pre-hearing status of the landlord situation.
In my favour: I did get my fax to the people that matter (ORHT) before any official documents were produced in the matters between my landlord and I.
There is some confusion (or some other reason for differing perceptions, perhaps) about whether the agreement drafted at the Hearing Location on Wednesday last is just that, a mediated agreement between the parties, or whether it has been promoted to the status of an official Order of the Tribunal. The difference between the two has mainly to do with the availability of reopening the applications. (Which is what I am all about right now.)
At this point a lot of my success or lack thereof rests with the adjudicator and whether or not he is willing to accept my submission (fax of Friday). There are no deadlines under which his reponse is required to fall in the Rules. But the gentleman at the desk in the ORHT office thought I would get one fairly quickly. I certainly hope so.
If the answer is negative, then I can request a Review of the Order (again, presuming an Order was produced...). This will take a few weeks to process, too.
And, if I'm really tired of dealing with the Tribunal and their tilted world, I can go to Divisional Court and tell them I have been through the Tribunal's processes and found them to be unfair and unyielding and present my request for abatement there.
The biggest unknown right now is whether any of the above will keep me in my apartment as long as I have need to be. Meaning I have not the time and energy to handle legal wrangling + medical appointments + finding new digs and moving in all at the same time. In an ideal world (which I understand I am not a part of at the moment - honest!), I would be staying put until I had a real reason to move AND had found a better place AND was well enough to handle it all. The abatement was (and still is, in my mind) a wholly separate issue from my continued tenancy. It arises out of my tenancy, but does not (and should not) determine when or whether I move out.
I have asked someone with more experience than I to take a look at my application and give me his opinion regarding whether I really ought to walk away from this if the immediate relief I have sought is not available. When I left his office I felt a bit more encouraged than I had earlier in the day.
On top of three different discussions with three sets of individuals about the current project, some health care appts were confirmed (for me and Dixie), blood test results picked up, radiator folks consulted about my possessed Jeep, mail checked.
I don't think I'll be up too late tonight ;-)
I just hope it's quiet upstairs tonight. That would be a small mercy indeed.
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