VANCOUVER - Tenants of a home in East Vancouver claim they have been evicted so the owner of the home can rent it at lucrative rates during the Olympic games.

Speaking in front of the home, tenants Sam Campbell and Sue Brown said Monday they were given eviction notices at the end of November. The two-month notices said the tenants' rental units were to be occupied by the landlord or family members.

The tenants then discovered an online advertisement offering the nine-bedroom house for accommodation during the Olympics for $11,900 a week or $34,000 if rented for all of February and March. The tenants had signed leases that ended January 31, 2010, but say they had been told by the home's owner that their leases could be extended.

The tenants said they have notified the provincial Residential Tenancy Branch and the City of Vancouver, which has introduced a temporary by-law and licencing program for housing rentals during the games.