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Maintenance & RepairsHow to replace windows while a tenant lives in a BC rental: written entry notice, scheduling the work, quiet enjoyment and when tenants are compensated.
Lease & AgreementsIn BC, the tenancy agreement decides who pays for utilities. Once a utility is included in the rent, a landlord can't take it away or charge extra without following section 27 of the Residential Tenancy Act, and shared bills need a written split.
Maintenance & RepairsWho fixes a drafty, cracked or broken window in a BC rental, what section 32 of the Residential Tenancy Act requires, and how tenants get a repair through the RTB.
Neighbourhood & LocationWhat a Vancouver landlord needs beyond the Residential Tenancy Act: the City's long-term rental business licence, the Empty Homes Tax and provincial speculation tax declarations, the 2026 cooling rule, and what CMHC's 2025 survey says about rents.
Maintenance & RepairsCondensation and mould on rental windows: what tenants must clean, what landlords must repair, and how BC's Residential Tenancy Branch sorts out the cause.
News & Policy UpdatesVICTORIA, Oct. 25, 2026: Preliminary results show the BC Conservatives leading in 64 of 93 districts. Nothing in BC rental law changes yet; final count is planned for Nov. 6 to 10.
Lease & AgreementsIn BC, a tenancy agreement can ban pets or limit their size, kind and number, and a landlord can take one pet damage deposit. Guide and service dogs are not pets: a landlord cannot refuse them or charge a pet deposit for them.
GeneralWhen new windows can support an additional rent increase in BC: the Residential Tenancy Regulation tests, what is excluded, the 3% cap and what tenants can do.
Rights & LegalOwning a BC rental while living in Ontario: the BC duties that need someone on site, how to serve notices from a distance, and when paid help must be licensed.
Rights & LegalVancouver limits short-term rentals to the unit the host lives in, and the Province's registry sits on top. What long-term landlords need to know when a tenant asks to host.
GeneralForm K is the BC strata form every landlord must give a tenant before renting, with a signed copy to the strata within two weeks. Here is how to fill it in and what happens if you miss it.
Maintenance & RepairsUnder section 33 of BC's Residential Tenancy Act, a tenant can arrange an emergency repair and be reimbursed, or deduct it from rent. Here are the conditions, the paperwork and when a landlord can refuse.
Rights & LegalA BC landlord may enter a rental unit only in six situations, most often with 24 hours' written notice. Here is what the notice must say, how to time it, and what each side can do when rules are broken.
Rights & LegalOntario's 2027 guideline is 1.9%; BC's limit is 2.2%. Rent increases, deposits, entry and unpaid-rent notices compared side by side for owners with rentals in both provinces.
GeneralEvery BC short-term rental needs a provincial registration number. Who registers, the $100 and $450 fees, the proof-of-residence documents, and the 14-day and 40-day deadlines.
GeneralSince November 24, 2022, BC stratas cannot ban, cap or approve long-term rentals. Here is what changed, what stratas can still restrict, and what owners still have to do.
Lease & AgreementsWhat a BC tenancy agreement must contain under the RTA, the mistakes that weaken it, and how to prepare one in Tenon10 with the current standard terms.
Rights & LegalHelping a parent or friend with their BC rental needs no licence if it is truly free. Paid or in-kind help usually does, unless an exemption fits.
GeneralWho needs a BCFSA licence to manage rentals in BC, the licence levels and exemptions, how licensing works, and the service-agreement and record rules that follow.
GeneralWhere BC's principal residence requirement applies, short-term rentals are limited to the host's home plus one suite or accessory unit. Here is where it applies, what registration costs and what breaches cost.
GeneralRenting a room in your own home, or sharing a kitchen with the owner? Section 4(c) of BC's Residential Tenancy Act may take the arrangement outside the Act. Here is how the exclusion reads and what applies instead.
GeneralBC stratas can no longer ban long-term rentals, but strata landlords still owe the tenant the bylaws and a Form K, and owe the strata a signed copy within two weeks.