landlords
Tenants in BC need better legal protections
May 30, 2024By: Peter Runn, SFU Student There’s a saying I’ve heard in Vancouver: “You can’t put a price on those mountains.” But landlords can and do. It costs two full-time minimum wage jobs to afford a bedroom in the Lower Mainland, and rent across BC “increased 30% from 2016 to 2021,” the largest jump of any province in Canada. While BC landlords’ yearly rent increase cap is 3.5% while tenants are living in a space, they can use loopholes to evade it. Rent caps don’t apply when a unit is vacant, so landlords make use of the only “legal” ways to…
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NDP proposes new housing plan to lower rent and stop renovictions
June 27, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer On May 26, the New Democratic Party (NDP) announced their latest housing plan, which focuses on lowering rent and ending renovictions across Canada. Approximately 30% of rental homes are owned by corporate landlords in Canada,…
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ACORN calls on municipal candidates to act on housing crisis
October 7, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer BC Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is calling for Surrey municipal election candidates to make the issue of affordable housing central to their campaigns. This call to action comes in as…
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