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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...
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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...
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Aarti Investments Ltd. v. Baumann Court of Appeal Decision

An important outcome for residential landlords Recently, reasons for judgment in the case of Aarti Investments Ltd. v. Baumann were released by the Court of Appeal. This case provided the Court of Appeal with a rare opportunity to clarify section 49(6) of the Residentia...
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2019 Property Taxation: Distribution of Property Tax Levy

Below is a letter CEO David Hutniak sent to City of Vancouver Mayor, Kennedy Stewart and the City Council on April 25th. We encourage all rental housing providers to write Mayor Stewart and Council requesting that they accept City of Vancouver Staff's recommendation NOT t...