Illegal Clause in Your BC Lease? What Tenants Can Do
Found a clause in your BC lease that breaks the rules? How to confirm it, raise it with your landlord in writing, get money back, keep your tenancy safe and take it to the RTB.
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Found a clause in your BC lease that breaks the rules? How to confirm it, raise it with your landlord in writing, get money back, keep your tenancy safe and take it to the RTB.
A step-by-step walkthrough of a BC Residential Tenancy Branch hearing for landlords and tenants: what to prepare, who speaks first, conduct on the call, and what happens after the decision.
If your BC landlord will not fix a problem, you do not have to withhold rent or do it yourself. Here is the path from a written request to an RTB order for repairs, a rent reduction and compensation.
BC tenants must give written notice that reaches the landlord a full rental month before they leave. Here is how to count it, what to include, and what to do before move-out.
A step-by-step guide for BC tenants: protect your deposit at move-in, give your forwarding address the right way, and claim it through the RTB if it does not come back.
A BC 10 Day Notice for unpaid rent gives you 5 days to act. Here is how to count your deadline, your options to pay or dispute, and where to get help.
How B.C. tenants can check whether a rent increase is lawful, what to do if it is not, and how to recover an overpayment.