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Friday, May 31, 2024 10:04 AM
With warmer temperatures on the way and weather experts forecasting a hot summer, the Province and public-health officials are taking several steps to help people stay safe this summer and are asking people to plan ahead.
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Monday, September 18, 2023 9:27 AM
New measures are coming to B.C. that will help create more housing as the Province speeds up permitting and helps build more secondary suites for rent.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018 1:30 PM
The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing is listening to the concerns of renters and taking action on an early recommendation from B.C.’s Rental Housing Task Force by cutting the annual allowable rent increase by 2%, limiting it to inflation.
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Monday, September 24, 2018 9:45 AM
British Columbia’s Rental Housing Task Force is recommending the provincial government change the annual allowable rent increase formula to ease pressure on renters.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018 10:20 AM
The Government of British Columbia is working with the City of Vancouver to move people living at the Regent Hotel into safer, more secure accommodations.
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Saturday, December 9, 2017 10:45 AM
The Government of British Columbia is beefing up protection for renters by closing a loophole that some landlords used to seek inflated and unfair increases in hot rental markets.
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Friday, September 29, 2017 12:30 PM
People will soon have access to safe, affordable housing thanks to a provincewide program to help municipalities tackle homelessness. The program will provide hundreds of new modular housing units in communities from Vancouver to Surrey to Smithers, Premier John Horgan announced today.
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Friday, March 18, 2016 1:15 PM
British Columbia’s Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) has imposed a $5,000 administrative penalty on the owner of the West Hotel, a single room occupancy hotel in Vancouver.
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