Amanda Burrows

BC government launches website to protect against bad-faith evictions

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On July 18, the BC government launched a website to “better protect renters from being evicted in bad faith.” When evicting a tenant for landlord use, landlords are now required to use the website to document information, such as who will move in after the eviction. This aims to “standardize the process for improved efficiency while increasing transparency.” Landlord use is a legal reason landlords may evict contract-abiding tenants, involving the landlord or their family member moving into the unit. However, bad-faith evictions happen when “a rental unit is not used for the purpose stated…

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