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The Only Real Long-Term Solution to the Rental Housing Crisis
When it comes to rental housing, it is a well-known fact that municipalities control land use and permit approvals, thus munici...
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New Residential Tenancy Branch Complaints Process
A statement was released by the Residential Tenancy Branch regarding their complaints process. LandlordBC continues to activel...
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The Problem With A CPI Based Maximum Rent Increase
The problem with basing a rental rate increase on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is that the rental market is not based on CPI....
2022 Rent Increase Set at 1.5%
The provincially mandated rent increase freeze is set to expire January 1st, 2022 and the Residential Tenancy Branch has announced the 2022 maximum rent increase percentage. The Residential Tenancy Act and Regulations establishes the percentage of increase, timing, and no...
A Continuing Threat to BC’s Rental Housing Ecosystem
Stakeholders genuinely concerned about BC’s rental housing ecosystem understand that rent control is harmful to all renters and especially future renters. Endless layers of regulation discourage investment in purpose-built rental housing thereby threatening the security ...
Additional Rent Increase – Capital Expenditures
In September of 2018, the Government announced the annual rent increase formula would be changing, essentially removing the additional two percent added to inflation, along with this announcement came a promise to address landlords’ costs for necessary capital expenditure...
COVID-19 Step 3 Update
With BC entering Step 3 of BC’s Restart Plan, the state of emergency being lifted and the COVID-19 Related Measures Act coming to an end it is important to review how these changes affect residential tenancies. While many sectors are opening up, we are not yet out of the ...
Did You Know That Switching to a Heat Pump is Good For Your Wallet and the Planet?
Switching to an electric heat pump provides year-round comfort, better indoor air quality, and produces 97% less greenhouse gas emissions than natural gas or oil heating systems. Homeowners could save 40-75% of their annual heating bills if converting from oil heating to ...
LandlordBC Wins CFAA Association Achievement of the Year
On May 5th, 2021, LandlordBC was proud to have been awarded the Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations (CFAA) Association Achievement of the Year in recognition of the work that our association has done on behalf of members and the broader rental housing sector in ...
RTA Maximum Rent Increase Woefully Inadequate
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INTRODUCTION
The residential rental housing sector is on a negative financial trajectory. Some of the highest cost i...
Metro Vancouver Drinking Water Conservation Plan – Annual Watering Restrictions
Stage 1 watering restrictions came into effect on May 1, 2021, as set out in Metro Vancouver's Drinking Water Conservation Plan. The plan outlines restrictions to lawn watering as well as other outdoor water uses. These restrictions are essential to managing our treated d...
Email as a Method of Service
LandlordBC has long advocated that landlords and tenants should be allowed to use email as a method of service. It has been a topic we have raised repeatedly and echoed again to the 2018 Rental Housing Task Force who included it in their list of recommendations. In the fi...
City of Victoria Rental Property Standards of Maintenance Bylaw
As part of the City’s efforts to improve rental housing and support for renters, a new bylaw has been approved to support a minimum standard of rental housing in Victoria and will come into effect on January 31, 2021. The new bylaw includes standards to ensure the quality...