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BC Legislation and Policy Update: Residential Tenancy Law (Oct 2019)

[21:30] Lawyer Danielle Sabelli (Community Legal Assistance Society) explains updates in BC's Residential Tenancy Law for advocates and community workers. Topics include:

  • Legalization of cannabis and the Residential Tenancy Act
  • Limit of annual allowable rent increase
  • Guidelines on notice to end tenancies: for occupancy by landlord, renoviction, demolition
  • Landlord not acting in good faith
  • Tenant disputing notice to end tenancy
  • When a tenant is a landlord

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Credits: Presentation by Danielle Sabelli, Community Legal Assistance Society. Filmed and edited by Paul Donovan, Focus Audio Visual Services Ltd., Production and publication coordinated by Kate Murray, Bridget Greenwood, Baljinder Gill, Ella Droko, and Brian Goncalves, Legal Aid BC. Thumbnail design by Brian Goncalves and Caitlin Kuo, Legal Aid BC.

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