"I'd never used a realtor to find a rental before, but this time, that seemed like our only option"
"At one point, I watched a rat crawl into the stove. But I knew that, as a subletter, there wasn't much I could do"
"I figured it couldn't be legal. I figured wrong"
"I've spent thousands of hours filing complaints and dealing with building notices"
"When it got really bad, we'd have to leave the apartment and stay with family or friends"
"The landlords knew the stereotype that everyone from Newfoundland is nice and hard-working, which worked in our favour"