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September 24, 2018

“Walk A Mile In My Shoes” A Delta BC Home Owner & Landlord Writes Housing Minister Robinson

This emailed letter was forwarded to LandlordBC CEO David Hutniak September 23, 2018. It was written by a Delta, BC resident who requires a secondary suite so that they can afford to keep their home. Secondary suites are critical to the provision of long term rental hou...

September 18, 2018

A 10-Year Analysis of Rental Building Expenses vs. RTA Maximum Allowable Rent Increase

Repeatedly, governments have tried to solve the problem of housing by trying to control demand. Rent controls and other restrictions have been around since the 1970’s and have never worked to alleviate the issues. These tactics only serve to band-aid the rental housing ...

September 7, 2018

The Residential Tenancy Branch has announced maximum allowable rent increase for 2019 of 4.5%.

B.C. landlords can choose to increase rent once annually. The maximum percentage increase allowed each year is the inflation rate plus 2%. The inflation rate, calculated using the 12-month average percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for British Columbia ending i...

September 5, 2018

Do Cities and Municipalities Really Want to See More Market Purpose-Built Rental Housing Built in Their Communities? Probably Not.

On August 28th, 2018 LandlordBC co-presented with the City of Vancouver Renters Advisory Committee a non-partisan workshop entitled “Delivering Rental Housing in Your Community”. The workshop was exclusively for declared Metro Vancouver mayoral and council candidates in t...

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