Family sues Habitat for Humanity for allegedly breaching oral contract

No video

Family sues Habitat for Humanity for allegedly breaching oral contract

Рет қаралды 29,254

Күн бұрын

A low-income family is suing Habitat for Humanity of Greater Vancouver for allegedly breaching an oral contract promising them a path to home ownership. The couple says they signed papers and started paying an interest-free mortgage issued by the non-profit group, but now fear they may never actually own the property they live in.
To read more: cbc.ca/1.6032820
»»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: bit.ly/1RreYWS
Connect with CBC News Online:
For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: bit.ly/1Z0m6iX
Find CBC News on Facebook: bit.ly/1WjG36m
Follow CBC News on Twitter: bit.ly/1sA5P9H
For breaking news on Twitter: bit.ly/1WjDyks
Follow CBC News on Instagram: bit.ly/1Z0iE7O
Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: bit.ly/3leaWsr
Download the CBC News app for iOS: apple.co/25mpsUz
Download the CBC News app for Android: bit.ly/1XxuozZ
»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»
For more than 75 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.

Пікірлер: 160

@zabag 3 жыл бұрын

If you're one of those people who are saying that they are ungrateful because they got a home for free: go back to the beginning and replay it again until you hear the part in which the story says "the mortgage they got". A mortgage is not free. If you still think it is, call your bank and ask how you can get a free mortgage as you hear the rep laugh at you at the other end of the phone.

@davemarchildon2583 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. It's like nobody actually reads. listens or even tries to fully understand.

@aswadmalik1740 2 жыл бұрын

Things that make you go hmmm….

@vkrgfan 2 жыл бұрын

I know people are ignorant.

@lauralaplace9945 5 ай бұрын

I understand , I also know that you don’t need a mortgage to get into Heaven . Thank God 🙏

@zabag Ай бұрын

@@VidWatcher-v4j LOL OK then. You go off and simmer in your own juices over that.

@davidrenaud736 3 жыл бұрын

Ya with the CEO making over 300K per year. This is why my policy of no donations for charities who's CEO makes over 130K is validated.

@sct4040 3 жыл бұрын

It's a big difference between 250,000 and 600,000. No way is 600,000 an affordable home.

@wren5291 3 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS GET COPIES!!! Even film yourself signing them if you have to, and with witnesses if necessary. Every company, establishment, institution, organisation and charity must be held accountable.

@AR-uz6kq 3 жыл бұрын

Rule number 1 as it relates to business intelligence... always get COPIES!!!!

@LadyUsakoB 3 жыл бұрын

yes! just why they didn't get them i dunno O.O

@nocause5395 3 жыл бұрын

@@LadyUsakoB they might have been just over excited to get a home. I got screwed in a car deal because I was desperate for a car and it was the only placed I can go so they added things I didn't need.

@120bank8 4 ай бұрын

@@nocause5395 same here.... 3-4k car for 12k, lied about damages on the car report.

@headishome8452 3 жыл бұрын

This isn't the first time H4H has been in a dispute: not giving copies to people, using pics without permission etc. I went with my sister.... she knows I will ask questions that she wouldn't or gets flustered. I asked them a specific question, representative told a falsehood and I pointed out that it was in the paperwork. They wanted to use my sister and her 3 children in advertising and our older sister, husband and 2 sons were very well known for building homes, condominiums, townhouses and apartment complex's. Needless to say, my sister went into an agreement with our older sister and her oldest son. Problem solved. Never sign a contract without knowing what it means/that you won't get a copy of. Period.

@crayon1202 3 жыл бұрын

Theres no reason that pile of plywood is worth 600k,

@bradsparks6163 3 жыл бұрын

Lol never been to Burnaby have you?

@coolbuddydude1 3 жыл бұрын

it's the land.

@Quagthistle 3 жыл бұрын

One would presume it's the fair market value AT THE TIME THEY ASSUMED OCCUPANCY, not the fair market value several years later when home prices have exploded upwards. Duh.

@badoor23 3 жыл бұрын

even our local Canadian non profit groups are sketchy and shady af , smh

@rainbowfrequency1 3 жыл бұрын

People...it was NOT a FREE HOUSE...it was a 250,000 dollar house for which they still needed to qualify for a mortgage. And just because your colonial ancestors landed here doesn't mean you should begrudge the opportunities given to others in order to make a life here....alot of Canadian homeowners get help from parents and family in order to cosign etc ... I'm not saying there should not be more opportunities for all to own homes and not pay exorbitant rent but don't hate on this family.

@arock1999 3 жыл бұрын

I got zero help from my parents or anyone else. i worked my *** off all these years. If they win this another family in need will pay for it. They are just wasting tax dollars by involving the courts. Who sues a charity? Someone that's selfish

@rainbowfrequency1 3 жыл бұрын

@@arock1999 well if you bought a house thinking it was 250,000 and you could pay your mortgage and then the sellers turned around and said it was 3x the price and you were on the hook...you might be upset too! Any reasonable person would be upset.

@nigerianhurr90 Жыл бұрын

@@arock1999 it’s like the point went right over your head. Just because it’s a “charity” doesn’t mean they always do the right thing. Did you even watch the video? They have a mortgage nothing was free the fair market value is the only they are supposed to be paying. Which was 250k. If your mortgage went up that way you’d want to sue too

@rainbowfrequency1 Ай бұрын

@@VidWatcher-v4j keep reading

@nigerianhurr90 Жыл бұрын

How could anyone watch this video and still come to the conclusion that they were given a house for free. Are y’all slow?

@shamblesgalore7468 3 жыл бұрын

Ok... not to be anything but...there are ppl who have lived in Canada for generations who have never been able to afford a home. And don't start you know exactly the point I'm making

@MrJabez89 3 жыл бұрын

Not minority enough

@Reina.Nijinsky 3 жыл бұрын

My mother WORKED for every penny she earned. Never ever did we ask for free handouts.

@marcib6767 3 жыл бұрын

It looks fishy to me that this family asked for the paperwork they signed and more than 6 years later haven’t received it. That’s not normal protocol in Canada. They may be right that they were misled intentionally. If this wasn’t true, before this aired I’m sure habitat for humanity could have made a stronger rebuttal. I would say the same thing if they were both Canadian born and non minorities. Something doesn’t sound right, and it’ll be interesting to see whether they win this or no.

@marcib6767 3 жыл бұрын

@@DW_Read They should have been given copies immediately for whatever they signed. I agree with you that nothing is free, but if this family had been given their signed paperwork, a lot would be clearer. If they weren’t given their paperwork, that looks really suspicious to me. It also is in poor taste for HFH to be using their pictures to sell this story as a success when the reality is completely different. So it seems fishy on multiple counts really. And again, I would say the same if this family were Canadian born and non minorities. With the weak response from HFH, I’m a bit concerned that there may be truth to what this couple is alleging. But we will see whether this couple wins or no - perhaps more facts will come to light over time that aren’t presently in this short clip.

@jaygray7102 3 жыл бұрын

They had an "oral" contract? and they "signed" papers??.....hmmmmm

@nocause5395 3 жыл бұрын

This is why you always keep copies of documents. Also if the deal was made 6 years ago the value of the home should be what it was 6 years ago.

@ethimself5064 3 жыл бұрын

Oh ya

@eattherich9215 2 жыл бұрын

You can't keep a copy of something you never received.

@nocause5395 2 жыл бұрын

@@eattherich9215 Which is why you should have gotten something written

@eattherich9215 2 жыл бұрын

@@nocause5395: but they didn't, so your point is moot.

@nocause5395 2 жыл бұрын

@@eattherich9215 my point isn't specifically for them. Also, documents can include emails, texts etc.

@timwilson8235 3 жыл бұрын

They should be thankful. I am a 65 year old handicapped man with one leg and in a whhelchair. I was not offered a home

@wildandliving 3 жыл бұрын

And you never will be

@danielcalder5251 3 жыл бұрын

*plays tiny violin for the 65 year old handicapped man who was not offered a home*

@originalblanco827 3 жыл бұрын

They weren’t offered if you heard, they are paying 🌚take your sob story somewhere else

@nigerianhurr90 Жыл бұрын

Are you hard of hearing too? They weren’t offered a home they pay mortgage just like everyone

@assessor1276 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm….welcome to Canada. Try paying market prices like the people who pay most of the taxes here.

@lauralaplace9945 5 ай бұрын

No Co signing , all family members are deceased , foreclosure’s and selling a Condo just to pay for the Nursing Homes.

@Karma-zx8qe 9 ай бұрын

I fully blame habitat for humanity for this. They have done how many of these types of deals with housing. They should have anticipated something like this happening. And also why did it take so long, and why did they not give them the paperwork? That's going to be a really good question to put before a judge. This is their negligence and their opportunistic predatory attempted trying to weasel more money out of the house cuz they knew it the value of attempts at weaseling more money out of the house cuz value went up

@chrisyung4055 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing is free.

@nocause5395 3 жыл бұрын

They have been paying for the last 6 years. Edit: it's not free they have been paying $1k plus a month for the last 6 years

@businessmanager4746 2 жыл бұрын

@@nocause5395 These folks dont read they assume its free it is a loan still and mortgage LOW MONTHLY PAYMENT ONLY

@HuplesCat 3 жыл бұрын

Greed is unpleasant to see. So poor charity gives them a huge home discount but rich enough to hire a lawyer

@HuplesCat 3 жыл бұрын

@GMan5090 Yes I know but still suing a charity for trying to sell them a home at a subsidized cost strikes me as a little ungracious

@ErickaH. Жыл бұрын

Shame on you for speaking on these people when you do not know the truth. Ridiculous.

@HuplesCat Жыл бұрын

@@ErickaH. care to enlighten me Ericka?

@joegladue8863 3 жыл бұрын

Funny how these new residents come here claiming to be broke but there driving Mercedes BMW and new vehicles with 10 family members living in a 3 bedroom condo thats low income

@coolbuddydude1 3 жыл бұрын

Getting screwed is part of being Canadian.

@social3ngin33rin 3 жыл бұрын

They also charge a TON to have a small pre-fab rental placed in your backyard. They charge as much as it would cost to build a *NEW FULL-SIZE* home.

@benbecic7401 3 жыл бұрын

Why should a non profit pick up a 350 thousand dollar tab

@stevesnow5461 3 жыл бұрын

Whatever...

@fraserdavis336 3 жыл бұрын

i'm 60 years old born & raised Canadian..because of a disabilty,I was turned down many times from having my own home...I live in a basement apt rent is huge ,,,pay for that house or Iose it...

@2Sarah 3 жыл бұрын

Well that sounds like a you problem.

@Reina.Nijinsky 3 жыл бұрын

@@2Sarah

@2Sarah 3 жыл бұрын

@@Reina.Nijinsky do u want a medal?

@christopherthurman6765 3 жыл бұрын

Pirates: we demand, free handouts!

@FlyMeToTheMoon1950 3 жыл бұрын

Says Christopher Columbus?

@2Sarah 3 жыл бұрын

Chalk Children: We steal everything and call it our own.

@wildandliving 3 жыл бұрын

Must be nice to get a cheap home...

@whathandleUtalkabt 3 жыл бұрын

Oral contract 🙄 and taking oral talk to a court 🙄

@rickybobby6760 3 жыл бұрын

A contract does not have to be written to be valid if it can be substantiated.

@queennoneya601 2 жыл бұрын

Realestate law hates anything that is not written down.

@PuertoRicoSeGoza 2 жыл бұрын

I rented a room wrote out a signed contract got their Id my Id and took a picture of it imagine a mortgage

@Tabaitha_Elle 2 жыл бұрын

Why did they wait a whole year to ask for the paperwork. Get your copies upfront always.

@lauralaplace9945 5 ай бұрын

I threw the towel In for this in the States decades ago . The American Dream to own a home . I’m waiting for my real home promised to me in Heaven by Jesus Christ . I’m so so sorry for people that have been deceived. 🙏

@rhontopo 3 жыл бұрын

you will own nothing and be happy

@VickyVicky-bs1cw 3 жыл бұрын

When I came to Canada no one offerd me free home .. if they did i would have taken it and be grateful ! They got half a million dollar home for 500 hoursof work !! And complain?! I had to work for that 30 years and pay my mortgage!

@tjmarx 3 жыл бұрын

No one offered this family a free home either... They're fighting over the right to have the mortgage that was promised to them, and the house sale at the price agreed. They did 500 hours charity work for HFH in lieu of a down payment, which is the equivalent to the amount of hours anyone would work to make a down payment. You don't seem to have understood the story

@zabag 3 жыл бұрын

How did you graduate from school if you can't even understand a simple news story? Watch it with a friend. They may be able to explain it to you in a simpler way so that you can understand it.

@jason4275 3 жыл бұрын

Got Husstle.

@Digitalhunny 3 жыл бұрын

6 years?!

@MrCanuck78 3 жыл бұрын

If you dont like whats happening then move !. You are lucky to even own a home in Canada right now . Try finding anything for the new rate you were given and see if its unfair . Ungrateful Pirates

@2Sarah 3 жыл бұрын

If you dont like hearing about this, why dont you MOVE.

@arock1999 3 жыл бұрын

@@2Sarah to be fair they don't need to move very far....the house has doubled in value....that means if they were to sell it they would have enough in their pocket to move to a different town and buy a house outright and yes there are still homes out there at 250K or less in good shape you just have to be willing to move to a small town with that price range. That would mean they paid their house off in 5 years...After about 15 years I'm still paying for my house.

@MrCanuck78 3 жыл бұрын

@@2Sarah They are threating to sue a organization that helps families find homes , and are probably going to cost another family the chance to get a home themselves and you are protecting them with hate ? haha . P.s How would moving help me from hearing about this on KZfaq ? lmao . Loser !

@Reina.Nijinsky 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrCanuck78 reported the Luna woman for trolling. Have screenshots. Others have too.

@kokoniqueful 3 ай бұрын

@@arock1999according to H4H rules, you have to sell the house back to H4H at the same price it was sold to you. They take most of the equity and only share a small percentage (if any)back to homeowners.

@pants8029 3 жыл бұрын

i'm not sure suing a charity is a good look for anyone.

@Gretchenweiner 3 жыл бұрын

Charity can be deceptive

@Reina.Nijinsky 3 жыл бұрын

@Pants pretty sure they aren’t worried about “looks” case in point: suing a charity for a FREE house w/no interest rate? Greedy

@queennoneya601 2 жыл бұрын

Pants. What are you talking about. I'd sue god if he tried to swindle me.

@pants8029 2 жыл бұрын

@@queennoneya601 god isn't real.

@teresamyers8056 11 ай бұрын

@@Reina.Nijinsky go look at the video again, you sure going to be knocking yourself over the head saying to yourself man wow I’m so silly I should look at the whole entire videos before I open up my mouth.

@Tianshanwarrior 3 жыл бұрын

Is this a program open for anyone in need or just new comers?

@The_Keh27 3 жыл бұрын

supposedly everyone, but they're very choosy who they select.

@young-soonkim6730 3 жыл бұрын

I think, it's designed for anyone who is working low income family with children. It's got started in the United States by Former President Jimmy Carter. I thought the volunteer hours were 500. In the meantime on the waiting list, you have to volunteer your hours and build other Habitat for Humanity homes. It's not free you still have to pay the mortgage and your bills. I wonder what this people sign? I did some research and here are the requirements. Potential application must be families with at least one child 16 years or under at the time of application. Canadian citizen or permanent resident. At least one of the application or co-applicant must be employed full time of full time equivalent. Do not currently own real estate. Rent or contribution currently paid towards rent, exceeds 35% net income. You must also have a credit score of 580 or higher.

@young-soonkim6730 3 жыл бұрын

Why did they waited six years to come forward! I think, the reason they did not qualified because they had "No Credit History" in Canada. Home owner who collect Welfare have the pay back all the money they received from Welfare or even some from the Disability when they sell their house. The reason Ontario Government changed the law in the mid 90's is that too many people were taking advantage of our system. Also, They put a lien on the property.

@arnoldromppai5395 3 жыл бұрын

@@The_Keh27 yes they are, i got busted up at work and spent 27 years with a law suit with wsib, only for my wife of 9 year cashed out with a court order to sell my land i paid cash when i was18, got my settlement, flood my mobile home, and get a court order to have the total write off check from my insurance company, stole all my life time trades tools sold my tractor. , she make 60k a tear and i live on 1030 cpp disability, and they wouldnt even talk to me.. i live in drafty black mold now for years

@MrLoobu 3 жыл бұрын

Habitat for humanity is an oxymoron. We destroyed them all and made our own lol.

@ethimself5064 3 жыл бұрын

They do a great deal of good

@TB-bb6kb 3 жыл бұрын

Did. You. Enter. The. Idea. To. Actually. Work. For That. I say. Earn. It. I. Wish. To. See. Your. Lawyer. Insted. Of. Paying. Him. --- pay. Your. Rent. Freeloufer

@pro-tection9140 3 жыл бұрын

Greater Vancouver is one of the most expensive regions on the continent. if you can't afford Burnaby/Metro Mainland, try moving west to Regina. Houses are not free- and verbal agreements are not binding/legal. Verbal agreements also don't have paper involved..... Habitat for Humanity has been doing excellent charity work across North America for years. No complaints.... until now? lol

@nocause5395 3 жыл бұрын

In what way shape or form did they say free. They have been paying over a thousand a month for the last 6 years and had been promised a mortgage after a year. They don't want it free

@catherinewilson1079 3 жыл бұрын

No papers; no proof. We all have to live with these rules.

@oatesrandy513 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure you could get a beautiful place in Somalia for $255,000

@faosilva2009 3 жыл бұрын

hummm now theyare going to sues what they got for free hahahahah , i wonder if they have the same in somalia?

@mahbubmo 3 жыл бұрын

Try learning English first. Then you can critique a country.

@2Sarah 3 жыл бұрын

clever coming from a....

@faosilva2009 3 жыл бұрын

@@mahbubmo hahahah you are very funny guy hahahah

@faosilva2009 3 жыл бұрын

@@mahbubmo and its NOT about a country , its what THEY ARE !!!!

@Reina.Nijinsky 3 жыл бұрын

@@2Sarah wow this Luna woman is a troll! She trolled me until I blocked her 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

@DjAdam16 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody cares.

@beatriceowusuachaw6210 2 ай бұрын

Jesus is Lord

@sammroueh9867 Жыл бұрын

That's why u hire a lawyer upon going to sign the house agreement and your lawyer keeps copies and u keep some too that they don't mess around

@sheldoncampbell2139 3 жыл бұрын

maybe let the wife talk a little...

@jdh9606 3 жыл бұрын

Straight up. It's a bit disturbing. Hoping their children can break the chain of patriarchy.

@arock1999 3 жыл бұрын

Since when is Oral Contracts guaranteed and who's word are we supposed to believe? If it seems too good to be true it must be. They can't afford the house? It's doubled in price already....sell it and get a new house somewhere else in another town if you have to....they would be lucky having paid off their entire mortgage in only 5 years. After 15 years I'm still paying for mine. As well this will cost tax payers for the legal fees AND if they win will cost someone else their new home. That's what I call selfish.

@zelda401 3 жыл бұрын

SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. CANADIANS GET THE SAME DEAL .Wjy do you feel that you are different or unrealistic

@Reina.Nijinsky 3 жыл бұрын

Wait I have a novel idea, how about these refugees WORK just like the rest of us? 🤔instead of having their hat out? 🤷🏻‍♀️ I am 🇺🇸 American abd we face the same dynamics here with refugees.

@2Sarah 3 жыл бұрын

@@Reina.Nijinsky Learn to write correctly before you speak such nonsense.

@Reina.Nijinsky 3 жыл бұрын

@@2Sarah huh? Did u find “work for a living” offensive? 🤷🏻‍♀️ or are u/r a refugee at the free handouts line? 🤦🏻‍♀️ meh 😒 guess a degree from NYU isn’t worth much anymore 😂

@2Sarah 3 жыл бұрын

@@Reina.Nijinsky They are working for a living???? so again what you said is nonsense.

@Reina.Nijinsky 3 жыл бұрын

@@2Sarah clearly English is not ur first language. U might want to Google wut/I wrote? 🤷🏻‍♀️

@mauraquish1005 3 жыл бұрын

How come this real deal does it apply to all Canadians. Why do they get a deal 6;years later ....how many fMilies a So deserve such a deal. Thanks clods...

@nocause5395 3 жыл бұрын

It's open to everyone