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=A. Legislation and Regulations= | |||
''Residential Tenancy Act'', SBC 2002, c 78 [RTA]. | |||
Website: www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/02078_01 | |||
''Residential Tenancy Regulation'', BC Reg 477/2003, [RTR]. | |||
Website: http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/477_2003 | |||
*The RTA and RTR set out the law of residential tenancies in BC. They will often hold the ultimate answer to questions relating to disputes between landlords and tenants. | |||
*For the current status of the RTA and RTR, refer to CCH British Columbia Real Estate Law Guide, Robert J. Maguire, Rose H. McConnell, loose-leaf (Toronto, ON: CCH, undated). | |||
''Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act'', SBC 2002, c 77 [MHPTA]. | |||
Website: www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/02077_01 | |||
''Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation'', BC Reg 481/2003 | |||
Website: www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/481_2003 | |||
''The Residential Tenancy Act'', SBC 2002, c 78 [RTA] and'' Residential Tenancy Regulation'' [RTR], BC Reg 477/2003 as well as the rules of procedure are amended occasionally; check the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) website (www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant) to get the most up to date information. | |||
=B. Resources and Policy Guidelines= | |||
'''TRAC Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre''' | |||
Website: www.tenants.bc.ca | |||
Provides a variety of publications relating to tenant law, including the Tenant Survival Guide (also available online as a wikibook, via the Clicklaw website: wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Tenant_Survival_Guide) Other print materials are available in the following 19 languages: English, French, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Filipino, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Oromo, Portuguese, Punjabi, Persian, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, and Vietnamese. | |||
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|+ '''Residential Tenancy Branch''' | |||
|- | |||
| Main Office | |||
400 - 5021 Kingsway | |||
Burnaby, B.C. V5H 4A5 | |||
Website: www.rto.gov.bc.ca | |||
Office Hours: M-F 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | |||
| Information line: | |||
Metro Vancouver 604-660-1020 | |||
Victoria 250-387-1602 | |||
Elsewhere in BC 1-800-665-8779 | |||
Fax: 604-660-2363 | |||
E-mail: HSRTO@gov.bc.ca | |||
|- | |||
| Downtown Satellite Office | |||
520 Richards Street | |||
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3A2 | |||
Office Hours: M-F 9:00 am – 11:30 am | |||
(closed on the last Tuesday of every month) | |||
|- | |||
| Downtown Eastside Satellite Office | |||
Four Corners | |||
390 Main Street | |||
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 2T1 | |||
Office Hours: M-F 12:30 pm - 4:00pm | |||
|- | |||
|Colspan="2"|'''NOTE:''' The main office in Burnaby is a full service office. The Richards Street and Downtown Eastside are satellite offices and do not handle money. Dispute applications can only be filed there by low income applicants who are eligible for a fee waiver. Those offices are staffed with information officers. | |||
|} | |||
The RTB website (www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant) contains forms, legislation and RTB interpretation guidelines, and includes the following useful publications: | |||
Residential Tenancy Branch Dispute Resolution Rules of Procedure | |||
Website: http://bit.ly/1Igbqmg | |||
Residential Tenancy Information Sheets | |||
Website: http://bit.ly/1KTmo6l | |||
''Residential Tenancy Act: A Guide for Landlords and Tenants in British Columbia'', (B.C. Office of Housing and Construction Standards, rev. April 2011). The guide is available in English, French, Punjabi, and Chinese Traditional. | |||
Website: http://bit.ly/1SixTX7 | |||
''Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act: A Guide for Landlords and Tenants in British Columbia'' (BC Office of Housing and Construction Standards, rev. January 2011). This Guide is available in English. | |||
Website: http://bit.ly/1SixTX7 | |||
RTB Policy Guidelines: detailed information on common problem areas; drafted by RTB Arbitrators. | |||
Website: http://bit.ly/1ei1NfH | |||
RTB Calculators: Help in calculating rent increases, dates, deposits and more. | |||
Website: http://bit.ly/29tvVCU | |||
'''B.C. Housing''' | |||
Suite 101 - 4555 Kingsway | |||
Burnaby, B.C. V5H 4V8 | |||
Website: www.bchousing.org | |||
Toll-free: 1-800-257-7756 | |||
Information for tenants living in public, subsidized housing. | |||
'''Landlord BC''' | |||
Website: www.landlordbc.ca | |||
E-mail: info@landlordbc.ca | |||
Direct: 1-888-330-6707 | |||
Vancouver members (formerly BCAOMA): | |||
203 - 1847 West Broadway | |||
Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 1Y6 | |||
Telephone: 604-733-9420 | |||
Fax: 604-733-9420 | |||
Victoria and province-wide members (formerly ROMS BC): | |||
830B Pembroke Street | |||
Victoria, British Columbia V8T 1J9 | |||
Telephone: 250-382-6324 | |||
Fax Local: 250-382-6006 | |||
Fax Toll-Free: 1-877-382-6006 | |||
=C. Books= | |||
Margaret Carter-Pyne, ''Residential Tenancy Law in British Columbia: Everything you need to know to prevent a disaster'' (Victoria, BC: Sunnymead Publishing, 2009). | |||
*A useful resource for tenants in preparing for a hearing. | |||
Allan Wotherspoon, ''Annotated British Columbia Residential Tenancy Act'' (Aurora, ON: Canada Law Book, 2005). | |||
*This is a loose-leaf volume updated once or twice annually. | |||
''CCH British Columbia Real Estate Law Guide'', Robert J. Maguire, Rose H. McConnell, loose-leaf (Toronto, ON: CCH, undated). | |||
*A summary of the state of the RTA and RTR. | |||
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