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GeneralHow the BC Residential Tenancy Branch uses Policy Guideline 40's useful-life table to value damage claims, with common figures and a worked example.
Rights & LegalHow a BC tenant can end a fixed-term tenancy early because of family violence, household violence or long-term care under RTA section 45.1: who qualifies, who can sign the RTB-49, the notice, and what landlords must keep confidential.
Rights & LegalWhen a BC landlord can remove or restrict parking, storage, laundry or another service, how the RTB-24 notice and rent reduction work, and what tenants can do, from RTA section 27 and RTB Policy Guideline 22.
GeneralThe 12 months' rent penalty under BC's Residential Tenancy Act s.51(2): when it applies, what excuses it, and how a former tenant claims it.
GeneralHow BC's Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act works for park owners and pad tenants: deposits, rent increases, selling a home in a park, and park closures.
Rights & LegalHow a BC landlord or tenant collects on an RTB monetary order: the rent and deposit shortcuts, the demand letter, the review wait, filing with the RTB-21 in Provincial Court, and garnishment, seizure and registration against land.
Rent & PaymentsA BC manufactured home site rent increase needs three full months' notice on RTB-45 or RTB-11a, 12 months after the last one. For 2027 the cap is 2.2% plus a proportional amount.
GeneralWhat BC landlords and tenants need to know when a rented home is sold: showings, the buyer's written request, the Three Month Notice (RTB-32P) and deposits.
Rights & LegalWho can change the locks in a BC rental, who pays to rekey for a new tenant, what happens when a lock breaks, and why a lockout never ends a tenancy, from RTA sections 25, 31, 33 and 70.
Rights & LegalA BC manufactured home park conversion needs all permits first, 12 months' notice on RTB-31 and $20,000 to each tenant by the effective date. Tenants have 15 days to dispute.
Rights & LegalHow to ask the BC Residential Tenancy Branch to review an arbitrator's decision: the eight grounds, the 2, 5 and 15-day deadlines, the $50 RTB-2 application, the two-stage process, and when a free correction or judicial review fits better.
Rent & PaymentsRepeated late payment of rent in BC means at least three late payments. The landlord serves a One Month Notice for Cause (RTB-33); the tenant has 10 days to dispute.
Rights & LegalAn expedited hearing at the BC RTB is for health or safety emergencies: early end of tenancy, emergency repairs or a tenant's order of possession, usually within 12 days.
Rent & PaymentsAn agreed rent increase in BC needs a signed, dated written agreement stating the increase, plus a Notice of Rent Increase served three full months ahead.
News & Policy UpdatesOTTAWA, Nov. 5, 2026: Budget 2026 renews the Canada Housing Benefit for 10 years, opens insured financing for new triplexes, fourplexes and 5- to 50-unit buildings from February 1, 2027, and adds billions for homelessness and non-market housing.
Safety & Scam PreventionRental scams in BC often borrow a real landlord's photos and address. Here is how landlords can make their listings hard to copy, the RTA rules that make a fake stand out, and where to report one.
Rights & LegalMost fire and flood damage in a BC rental does not end the tenancy. Here is who repairs, what happens to rent while the work is done, whose insurance covers what, and when to go to the Residential Tenancy Branch.
News & Policy UpdatesOTTAWA, Nov. 4, 2026: Budget 2026 is tabled November 5. What is already in place for rental housing, and what landlords and tenants should check on the day.
Market TrendsCANADA, Nov. 3, 2026: Yardi's Fall 2026 report says in-place apartment rents rose 1.7% a year to $1,790, the smallest increase since its tracking began in 2020, while new leases slipped 0.2%.
News & Policy UpdatesVANCOUVER, Nov. 3, 2026: BC's Residential Tenancy Branch ordered a Vancouver house's landlords to pay $93,800 after 17 tenants were found in about 21 unpermitted, unsafe rooms.
Lease & AgreementsIn BC, a tenant can't sublet a unit or assign a tenancy without the landlord's written consent. With six months or more left on a fixed term the landlord can't unreasonably refuse, can't charge for consenting, and an unauthorized sublet is cause for a One Month Notice.
Rights & LegalA fire, flood or earthquake that makes a BC rental unlivable can end the tenancy without notice, under the doctrine of frustration. Here is when that applies, what happens to rent and deposits, and what changes if the unit can be repaired.
Rights & LegalAlberta sets no limit on rent increases, Ontario's 2027 guideline is 1.9% and BC's 2027 limit is 2.2%. This side-by-side compares rent, deposits, inspections, unpaid rent, tenant notice, own-use compensation and disputes in all three provinces, with the section of each Act.
Safety & Scam PreventionIn BC, smoke alarms are mandatory in every rental unit and the landlord installs, tests and maintains them, while the tenant must not disable them and must report problems. Carbon monoxide alarms are recommended rather than required. Here is who does what.
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