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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 tenanc...
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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...
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Improving Accessibility: 5 Tips to Make Your Rental Units More Accessible
By: Katie Kirker, Writer, Rick Hansen Foundation
*This article was originally published in the spring 2022 edition of The Ke...
Residential Tenancy Branch to Record Hearings
Advocacy is sometimes a long game. For years LandlordBC has pushed for more oversight of the Residential Tenancy Branch’s (RTB) Dispute Resolution hearings through the recording of hearings. These efforts go back to our initial involvement as part of the RTB’s stakeholder...
Running in the 2022 Municipal Election? Please Read This
In 2018, in the weeks leading up to the municipal elections that year, LLBC released a paper entitled “The Only Long-Term Solution to the Rental Housing Crisis”. With the impending municipal elections in October of this year, we’ve decided to re-publish the article witho...
BAP Needs to Focus on Protecting People, Not Buildings
There’s been recent media attention given to Vancouver’s Broadway Area Plan (BAP) in the context of proposed tenant protections and the suggestion that "the builders" will pay for these protections. LandlordBC endorses the notion of renter supports, but the economics of r...
Resilient and Responsible: Why Your Next Tenant Should be A Refugee Claimant
By Alexandra Dawley and Marzieh Nezakat – MOSAIC, Refugee Settlement and Integration Program
Carol is a woman in her mid-30s with a warm smile and calming demeanor. She is well-educated and has worked internationally for several years as a social worker. Her passion f...
UBCM Shenanigans
By Jens Von Bergmann and Nathan Lauster
The Federal, Provincial, and Municipal governance structure in Canada creates a fun pattern whereby all governments are happy to take credit for good things that happen, but when bad things happen, each tends to point the finger ...
Comment: Demographics Confirm a Housing Supply Problem
A commentary by a vice-president, advisory, with the Rennie real estate organization of Vancouver.
By: Andrew Ramlo
Feb. 9 marked the release of the first tranche of data from the 2021 census. This first release provided data on total population and housing counts acr...
CMHC Aims to Increase the Supply and Affordability of Canada’s Rental Housing
With almost one third of Canadian households renting their homes, preserving existing rental stock and increasing rental supply have never been more important to building healthy communities in Canada. With this considered, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) r...
Mental Health and Mental Illness: Resources and Tools for Landlords
Often, landlords, building managers and property managers are required to navigate sensitive situations involving their tenants, and mental health and addiction, can at times, be a mitigating factor. The Canadian Mental Health Associations reports that 1 in 5 people in Ca...
4 Tips for Homebuyers Purchasing a House with a Rental Unit
Many homebuyers planning to purchase a home may find an appeal in one that comes with a secondary rental unit that can help to generate additional income to offset mortgage payments.
For any would-be landlords who are investing in a home with a secondary unit, we have ...
Taking a Stand on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The residential rental housing industry has enormous potential to combat systemic racism by making a conscious effort
There’s no question that as a society we are increasingly witnessing the pervasiveness of racial injustice and, if we are being honest, we know full well...