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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...

August 15, 2018

You Broke an Election Promise, Mr. Prime Minister

Landlords and tenants deserve equity in the taxation of rental housing compared to other investments, and other necessities. We desperately need new purpose-built rental housing if we have any hope of meeting the secure housing needs of current and future residents of Bri...

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