Hunter RB, Author at LandlordBC

October 23, 2025

New Resource for Building Owners and Managers: Understanding and Advancing Tax Incentives

LandlordBC and BOMA BC are pleased to share the Understanding and Advancing Tax Incentives for Low-Carbon Building Retrofits report. Developed by FRESCo, this guide serves as a practical primer on three key tax incentives: Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit (CT I...

September 26, 2025

Canada Post Work Stoppage – What Landlords Need to Know

The Canada Post work stoppage may affect the way landlords and tenants serve and receive important tenancy-related documents. The Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) has provided temporary guidance on how to proceed during this period. Serving Records If you serve record...

August 26, 2025

2026 Rent Increase Announced at 2.3%

The Province of British Columbia has set the maximum allowable rent increase for 2026 at 2.3%. We recognize that British Columbians, particularly renters, are feeling the strain of rising inflation, and so too are the providers of the rental homes they rely on. To cont...

July 17, 2025

Christine Boyle Appointed Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs

Premier David Eby announced a cabinet shuffle on Thursday, July 17, 2025 introducing new leadership to better serve communities across British Columbia. Christine Boyle has been appointed Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, reflecting the Province’s commitment to a...

May 23, 2025

Advancing Sustainability in Rental Housing: An Interview with Ian Cullis, VP of Sustainability at LandlordBC

In this interview, Ian Cullis, Vice-President of Sustainability at LandlordBC, shares his motivations, key trends, and strategies for landlords to adopt green initiatives. He discusses LandlordBC’s role in policy development, overcoming barriers, and available incentives ...

March 4, 2025

Seismic Retrofits in Multi-Residential Buildings

This article was originally published in the 2023 Fall issue of LandlordBC’s The Key magazine By Leon Plett, P.Eng., MIStructE, Struct.Eng., LEED AP, Managing Principal with RJC Engineers Seismic activity is a natural occurrence that happens throughout the world. De...

February 19, 2025

The RTB’s Additional Rent Increase for Capital Expenditures: Predictability and Sustainability for Landlords and Tenants

In British Columbia, the Rental Tenancy Branch (RTB) provides landlords with the ability to apply for an Additional Rent Increase (ARI) to recover costs associated with significant capital expenditures. This process plays a vital role in maintaining aging rental stock and...

December 20, 2024

CMHC Rental Market Report 2024

Understanding the importance of turnover The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the pace of rent growth cooled significantly this year amid Canada's largest gain of purpose-built rental supply in more than three decades. The federal housing agency said in a repo...

December 17, 2024

Federal Government Fall Economic Statement – Adding Secondary Suites to Single-Family Homes

Even in Canada's biggest, densest cities, decades of restrictive zoning by municipal governments have built communities primarily comprised of single-family homes. Many homeowners, such as retirees, no longer use all of the space that comes with a single-family home. Yet,...

November 5, 2024

Financialization of Purpose-Built Rental Housing

On November 4th 2024 Sean Fraser, Federal Minister of Housing, Infrastructure & Communities tabled his September 23, 2024 response to the review panel on the Financialization of Purpose-Built Rental Housing in Parliament. It’s an informative read. While our sector cont...

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