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Renters to receive deposits back faster
MEDIA RELEASE
Renters will be able to receive their security and pet deposits back in a fair and timely manner, thanks to ch...
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Notice of Service Disruption – Online Dispute Resolution Services Unavailable from February 7th to February 18th
What will be affected?
The Residential Tenancy Branch’s online application services - Intake and Dispute Access Site - will ...
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New Rental Zoning Tool Could Help Make New Rental Homes A Reality
MEDIA RELEASE
A coalition of rental stakeholders, the Partners for Rental Housing, has released a technical report, entitled...
City of Vancouver Property Tax Increase – Just The Tip of the Iceberg for Purpose-Built Rental
So the word is out. The City of Vancouver is proposing an 8.3% property tax increase for 2020. The reaction from some councilors is that it’s time to play “catch-up”. They’re saying that had larger property tax increases been extended in past years, we wouldn’t have to...
Rental Housing: Where Seattle Thrives, Vancouver Stumbles
Reprinted from the Goodman Report
By Andrey Pavlov, PH.D.
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart apparently had a very productive visit to Seattle a couple of weeks ago. In an interview during his visit the mayor said he would like “to get a better understanding of how Seatt...
BC Housing Sector Urges Federal Parties to Act on Affordability Recommendations
Vancouver, BC – October 2, 2019. Too many British Columbians struggle to find an affordable home to rent or own because of a lack of housing options. Nearly six in ten uncommitted Canadian voters cite access to affordable housing as a top election issue, according to an A...
Attention all Federal Parties: We Need More Secure Purpose-Built Rental Housing
Monday October 21, 2019 is the date for the next Canadian federal election. LandlordBC is asking all parties that the following actions be taken by whoever forms government so that renters across the country can have increased confidence that private sector rental housing...
Press Release: BC’s Rental Housing Task Force in Action!
Media Release (for immediate release)
BC’s Rental Housing Task Force in Action!
Landlord Education in 13 Regional Locations
Vancouver, BC (September 18, 2019) - In December 2018 the BC Government’s Rental Housing Task Force issued 23 recommendations to modernize and ...
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Issues New Guidelines
LandlordBC members will recall that in March 2018 the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) published recommendations impacting landlords which LandlordBC immediately disputed. We subsequently continued to express our strong concern regarding the find...
2020 Maximum Rent Increase Announced
Today the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) released 2020’s maximum rent increase percentage as 2.6%. In their release, which can be read in full here, the RTB sets out the rent increase and speaks to their commitment to improving the outdated and underutilized above regul...
Finding good tenants dependant on being good landlords
LandlordBC's Director of Operations, Hunter Boucher, recently spoke with The Province about tenant screening.
Finding the right tenant starts with being an informed landlord willing to put in the work to set up a proper business relationship, says LandlordBC.
When it c...
Fraudulent “Landlords” – It’s Time Government Acted
Landlords and Property Managers have started to see a significant increase in what can only be described as one of the most despicable forms of fraud the rental housing industry has ever witnessed. While it is innocent prospective renters who are clearly the real victims...
Follow-Up: Residential Rental Tenure Zoning
On July 3, 3019 LandlordBC CEO David Hutniak sent a letter to City of Victoria Mayor and Council regarding a staff report entitled Residential Rental Tenure Zoning. In this follow-up letter of July 10, 2019 he provides recommendations on how the City of Victoria can posi...