Tenant Rights in BC: What Your Landlord Can't Do
Entry without notice, guest fees, lockouts, cut-off services and other things a BC landlord cannot do under the Residential Tenancy Act, and what you can do about them.
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Entry without notice, guest fees, lockouts, cut-off services and other things a BC landlord cannot do under the Residential Tenancy Act, and what you can do about them.
From September 21, 2026, the L1 non-payment hearing changes shape: a tenant who wants to raise section 82 issues — maintenance, illegal entry, harassment — inside the arrears case must first pay at least 50% of the arrears claimed, at least seven days before the hearing, with advance notice of the issues. The right to
Your landlord can't just show up. In Ontario, entering your rental almost always takes 24 hours' written notice, stating the reason and a time between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. — and the LTB enforces that to the minute. But there are narrow exceptions (a real emergency, your consent at the door), a fixed list of valid reasons,