renovict

verb

1. (Canada)To evict (a tenant) on the grounds that a large-scale renovation is planned.

   “The apartment is smaller than one she had previously, from which she says she was renovicted, or forced to move so the landowner could renovate.”

   ““That’s a very large increase from 2011,” Mr. Robertson told reporters at a briefing about the release of preliminary numbers, noting it has been driven by such factors as delayed social-housing projects and lower shelter capacity due to less money from the province, as well as people “renovicted” from single-room-occupancy housing.”

   “If I were to be renovicted I would have to think about where I am going to live," she said.”

   “It's one of the main reasons why Vancouver had the highest homeless count it's ever had last year – because people are being renovicted from SROs.”

   “On Monday, the borough of Verdun issued Qiu a 72-hour emergency evacuation order, giving her until Thursday to leave her home, because the building has been deemed unsafe due to the lack of heating. Jing Zeng, Qiu's daughter, says this seems to be part of the landlord's plan to renovict her mother.”