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B.C. proposes rent freeze until end of 2021, measures to stop renovictions If passed, the new bill would ensure rent can only be increased at the rate of inflation, and landlords would have to apply to the Residential Tenancy Branch before they can issue an eviction notice relating to renovations. Author of the article: Katie DeRosa Publishing date: Mar 01, 2021  •  March 1, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Nov. 9, 2018 file photo of a sign at a renoviction demonstration by the Vancouver Tenants Union. In an effort to prevent illegal renovictions in B.C., a proposed law would re...

  VANCOUVER -- A rent freeze put in place in British Columbia to protect those who'd lost their jobs during the pandemic may be extended to the end of 2021. The proposal from the NDP government suggests an extension as part of a series of legislative changes that also tackle rent increases and certain evictions. Proposed legislative changes would see the freeze introduced last year and already extended once stretched out until Dec. 31. If approved, this would mean renters who were warned of an increase that was supposed to take effect after March 30 won't actually be paying more until 2...

B.C. to extend rent freeze to end of 2021, increase protections against 'renovictions' The British Columbia government says it will introduce legislative changes to extend a rent freeze through to the end of the year to stop illegal "renovictions" and improve the dispute resolution process for tenants and landlords. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Mar 01, 2021 4:54 PM PT | Last Updated: March 2 Tenants can disregard any notice of a rent increase they've received that would have taken effect before Jan. 1, 2022. Starting next year rent hikes will be capped at the rate of�...

Province aims to extend rent freeze to end of 2021 SHARE ON: Pexels Stock Image Renters facing evictions or rent hikes at the end of the month will get another reprieve from the provincial government. The province intends to pass legislation extending the freeze on rent hikes in B.C. to the end of the year.  The changes will also cap future rent increases to inflation, stop illegal renovictions, and, the province says, “make the dispute resolution process better for tenants and landlords.” “The changes mean no more tenants will face eviction notices for phoney renovations that were ne...

Posted: March 1, 2021 B.C. eyes continuing pandemic rent freeze The B.C. government is proposing legislative changes that, if passed, will extend the current pandemic rent freeze to Dec. 31, 2021. The changes will also cap future rent increases to inflation, stop illegal renovictions and make the dispute resolution process better for tenants and landlords. “The changes mean no more tenants will face eviction notices for phoney renovations that were never going to happen,” said Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA for Vancouver West-End, on behalf of David Eby, Attorney General and Minister Respo...