Sudbury's Louis Street community group gets the keys to a new home after eviction

The Louis Street Community Association in Sudbury has a home again.

After being evicted from the basement of a unit on Louis Street, the group has the keys to another basement, this one a few doors down at 166 Louis Street.

Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation, which operates the geared-to-income units on Louis Street, evicted the LSCA in April for for allegedly breaking rules set out in an agreement between the two groups.

In a GSHC document obtained by CBC News, the organization cites allegations that the volunteer group made alterations to the space without permission.

The document also said the group failed to get permission for the alterations from Better Beginnings, Better Futures, another community group that shared the space, and behaved in a harassing manner toward BBBF staff.

'We really don't have any rights'

The accusations against the group, and specifically against June Davis, the LSCA's organizer, prompted Councillor Joscelyne Landry-Altmann to lead the charge to get the two groups to sit down and hammer out a deal.

Davis says community groups operating under Sudbury housing need protections.

"At this point, I think there is a lot of vulnerability because we really don't have any rights," she said.

"This has been a long road it's been very stressful, emotionally and physically, not just on myself but on the other community agencies that are running in Sudbury housing. It's kind of left them very fearful of wondering what's going to happen to them."

Greater Sudbury Housing operates more than 1,800 units across the city, most of them geared-to-income units.