According to the Residential Tenancies Act in place in Nova Scotia, residents who have been renting premises for more than five years have security of tenure, which means that they can be given notice to leave only if they are in violation of their obligations under the lease.The Act, however, specifically excludes people who are living in public housing, and Mrs. Evans, a single mother with two children, had been living in the public housing for 10 years when she was given one month's notice to leave.

What arguments might she raise to defeat this notice to vacate?How would it affect your answer to know that Mrs. Evans was a black woman, and she was one of a group of black woman on social assistance particularly hard it by the legislation in question?