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September 8, 2022

Rent Increase Cap

On Wednesday, September 7, BC’s Premier John Horgan announced that the 2023 standard annual rent increase percentage would not be based on inflation but instead capped at two percent. This percentage is in effect for any standard annual rent increase with an effective dat...

August 25, 2022

The Rental Housing Crisis is a Municipal Election Priority. Are You Ready to Take a Deep Dive Into What it Takes to Get Purpose-Built Rental Built in Your Community?

Elected municipal representatives have many responsibilities – from developing regulatory policies and bylaws to overseeing city services – but the choices they make on land-use and housing development are perhaps the most impactful and longest lasting decisions for the e...

August 11, 2022

Judge Quashes Vancouver’s Move to Enact Bylaws on Rent Control Between Tenancies

A British Columbia court has ruled that recently enacted Vancouver bylaws prohibiting rent increases between residential tenancies, a measure referred to as vacancy control, fall outside what the city is entitled to do. The Aug. 3 Supreme Court of British Columbia judg...

August 4, 2022

Investing in Rental Stock: How the Industry is Renewing Existing Rental Buildings

*An original version of this article was first published in the summer 2022 edition of The Key magazine. British Columbia is filled with countless aging purpose-built rental buildings (PBRs) constructed between the 1950s and 1980s, many of them nearing the end of their...

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