This Nanaimo senior challenged years of rent increases, and won

A man wearing sunglasses stands in front of a stonework sign that says Highgate A Retirement Concepts Community

Shane Conn challenged two years of rent increases at a Nanaimo independent living facility at the Residential Tenancy Board. He won and received almost $9,500 in rent deductions and a limit on future increases. But the benefits apply only to him. They don’t apply to any of his neighbours unless they go through the same months-long administrative process Conn did.