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Did you know that there have been some recent changes in the Residential Tenancy Act and the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act.
These new rules are meant to further protect tenants and clarify landlord responsibility. They have also implemented a more streamlined dispute resolution process. Here some changes , current and upcoming that may interest tenants and landlords alike.
Changes already in effect include:
- Prohibiting personal occupancy evictions in purpose-built rental buildings with five or more units;
- Increasing the minimum landlord’s occupancy period from six months to 12 months where a tenancy ends for landlord use;
- Prohibiting rent increases for additional occupants who are minors and making it an offence to do so; and
- Prohibiting a landlord from giving frivolous notices to end tenancy.
Changes coming into effect on July 18, 2024 include:
- Requiring landlords to use the new web portal to generate Notices to End Tenancy for personal occupancy;
- Increasing the notice period that a landlord must give a tenant for eviction for personal use from two months to four months; and
- Increasing the tenant dispute period from 15 days to 30 days.
Changes set to come into effect through future regulations include:
- Prohibiting conversion of rental units to specific non-residential uses, such as short-term rental accommodation or storage;
- Prescribing increased amounts of compensation for evicting long-term tenants for landlord use;
- Clarifying the criteria by which a landlord can legally end a tenancy for a problematic tenant; and
- Increasing administrative penalties for contraventions of the Residential Tenancy Act.
These changes increase protection for tenants ,but do take away landlords ability to evict for frivolous reasons , it also makes it more difficult to evict problem tenants unfortunatley ,however depending what side of the coin you are on will determine what benefits you or not.
Ive included a few links if you are needing more specific information on Bill 14 and residential tenancy resources :
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024HOUS0017-000461
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024HOUS0115-001044
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