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GeneralA BC strata can set a minimum resident age of 55 but cannot restrict rentals. A landlord can rent, but only to tenants the age bylaw allows, and must hand over the bylaws and Form K.
GeneralKamloops landlords need a city business licence for some long-term setups and every short-term rental. Here are the city's rules from May 2025 and the BC tenancy rules on top.
GeneralStep-by-step: how a Canadian landlord files Form 1040-NR with Schedule E for a US rental, from the ITIN and election statement to depreciation, the 1042-S credit and mailing.
GeneralRichmond treats any stay under 90 days as short-term and licenses it two ways, both tied to the operator's home. Long-term rentals follow BC's Residential Tenancy Act.
Maintenance & RepairsTenants of a 98-unit Downtown Eastside SRO report weeks without running water or heat, despite a settlement with the Residential Tenancy Branch. Here is what BC law requires of landlords, and what tenants can do.
GeneralHow a Canadian reports US rental income on the T776, converts it to Canadian dollars, and claims the US tax as a foreign tax credit on T2209, with a worked example.
GeneralAn RTB order is only as good as the names on it. Policy Guideline 43 explains how to name individuals, companies, sole proprietors, partnerships and estates, and what happens after a mistake.
GeneralNanaimo licenses short-term rentals only in the operator's own home, suite or carriage house, with guest and parking limits. Long-term tenancies follow BC's Residential Tenancy Act.
Taxes & DeductionsHow the US and Canada both tax a Canadian's US rental: the 30% default, the net-basis election and 1040-NR, the T776 and foreign tax credit, T1135, FIRPTA on a sale, and every deadline.
GeneralThe provincial and City of Surrey rules for landlords: tenancy law, secondary suite registration and fees, short-term rental limits and the speculation tax.
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.
Maintenance & RepairsIn BC, the owner of a rental must keep every gas appliance in safe condition, post a safe-operation notice and keep service records under the Gas Safety Regulation. Here is how to meet those duties for furnaces, boilers and water heaters, and where carbon monoxide alarms fit.
News & Policy UpdatesOTTAWA, Nov. 7, 2026: Budget 2026 proposes to extend Canada's foreign buyer ban on existing and resale homes to January 1, 2029, while lifting it for new residential properties. Here is what the current law says and what would change.
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.
GeneralWhen a tenant leaves belongings behind in BC, the landlord must store them safely for 30 days, keep an inventory for 2 years and follow the notice rules before selling. The rules changed in April 2025; here is how they work now.
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