Hi everyone, I’m really overwhelmed and could use some advice.

I was living in a shared house in Vancouver as an occupant, not a tenant on the lease, but I DO have a written housemate/occupancy agreement with the main tenant. I paid a security deposit and have already paid the majority of this month’s rent.

A few days ago, I got into a really bad argument with the wife of the head tenant who accused me of stealing things from her. Things got heated and she tried to get me sectioned instead of de-escalating and just kept making matters worse. The police removed me temporarily for safety, but they didn’t evict me or say I couldn’t return — they just separated us.

Since then, the main tenant and his wife won’t let me back in the house at all. They won’t answer my messages. I can’t access my room, my belongings, or talk to them about my deposit or the money I already paid. I’m currently staying with a friend and basically in limbo.

The tenants who run the house are constantly using drugs/partying and are generally hard to live with (OCD/ADHD other mental health problems) and can't communicate maturely, a previous occupant was also recently kicked out a few weeks prior to this but was given much more notice for practically the same 'reasons'. So this will be their second time changing the locks in the past 3 months since they can't seem to get along with anyone.

When I did come over to get my stuff, the wife had got one of the other occupants to block the door until a police officer could escort me to get my stuff as she was claiming that she felt 'unsafe', I had to wait outside for 4 hours for them to arrive in the freezing cold and when the officer did arrive to mediate, she followed me around the house harrassing me and playing out out of context recordings she had taken of me from that night in front of the officer to gauge a reaction. She also tried to stop me from taking personal food/drink belongings I had bought (the officer did not care and just told her to let me take my stuff) and kept trying to provoke me as I collected as much as I could that night.

I’m trying to handle this calmly and I’ve even apologized, but they’re ignoring me completely. I’m not sure how to get my belongings, my deposit, or the rent money I already paid. I also don’t have the funds right now to pay the CRT filing fee, and TRAC told me they can’t help because I’m an “occupant,” not a tenant.

Any advice or personal experience would help. I’m trying to stay calm and resolve this, but being suddenly locked out and ignored has left me basically homeless and unsure what to do next.

Thanks in advance