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== Housing alternatives Government==
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| width="2040%" | '''Active Manufactured Home Owners AssociationBC Human Rights Tribunal'''| width="40%" | Information and support for manufactured home owners.| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.amhoabchrt.bc.ca/ www.amhoabchrt.bc.ca]<br/>Phone: 250604 775-2000 <br/>1-544888 440-14568844 <br/>
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| width="2040%" | '''BC Housing'''| width="40%" | Subsidized housing information.| width="40%" |Website: [http://www.bchousing.org/ www.bchousing.org]<br/>Phone: 604-433-22181711<br/>Phone toll-free: 1-800866-257465-77566873<br/>
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| width="2040%" | '''Co-operative Housing Federation Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC'''| width="40%" | Information for people living in co-ops.| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.bccaoipc.coopbc.ca/ http:/member/co-operative-housing-federation-bc www.bccaoipc.coop/member/co-operative-housing-federation-bc.ca]<br/>Phone: 604-879-5111 <br/>Phone toll-free: 1-866-879-5111<br/>|} == Government =={| class="wikitable"
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| width="2040%" | '''Residential Tenancy Branch'''| width="40%" | Government department that carries out residential tenancy law. Provides information and dispute resolution services. Visit their website to download forms, see legislation, policy guidelines, and fact sheets. | width="40%" | Website: [http://www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant]<br/>Lower Mainland Phone: 604-660-2421 <br/>Phone toll-free: 1-800-665-8779 <br/>
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| width="2040%" | '''Service BC (Government Agent)'''| width="40%" | If there is no Residential Tenancy Branch office where you live, you can call or visit Service BC.| width="40%" | Website: [httphttps://www.servicebcwww2.gov.bc.ca/locationsgov/ www.servicebc.gov.bc.cacontent?id=FD6DB5BA2A5248038EEF54D9F9F37C4D Office Locations]<br/>Phone: 604-660-2421 <br/>Phone toll-free: 1-800-663-7867<br/>
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== Advocacy and referral services Tenant Services==
===Lower Mainland===
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| width="2040%" | '''411Seniors Centre Society (Vancouver)'''| width="40%" | Seniors center. Provides information and referrals to seniors.| width="40%" | Website: [http://411seniors.bc.ca/ 411seniors.bc.ca]<br/>Phone: 604-736-2033 <br/>Phone toll-free: 1-866-884-0888 <br/> |- valign="top"| width="40%" | '''Abbotsford Community Services'''| width="40%" | [http://www.abbotsfordcommunityservices.com/ www.abbotsfordcommunityservices.com]<br/>604-859-7681 <br/>
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| width="2040%" | '''Abbotsford Community Services - Legal Advocacy OfficeAccess Pro Bono (Vancouver)'''| width="40%" | Information, referrals, and representation. Serving Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Mission. | width="40%" | Website: [http://www.abbotsfordcommunityservicesaccessprobono.comca/indexresidential-tenancy-program www.cfm?method=pagesaccessprobono.showPage&pageID=3e1f410eca/residential-d3e7tenancy-4f76-43e4-7a31c6ee3409 Abbotsford Legal Advocacyprogram]<br/>Abbotsford Phone: 604-859482-7681 Local 207 3195 ext. 1500 <br/>Chilliwack Phone: 6041-877-792762-8000 ext. 2316664 <br/>Email: [mailto:Kim.Kirkpatrick@AbbotsfordCommunityServices.com Kim.Kirkpatrick@AbbotsfordCommunityServices.com]
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| width="2040%" | '''BC Centre for Elderly Advocacy & SupportAnn Davis Transition Society (Chilliwack)'''| width="40%" | Legal information and representation for tenants 55 and over.| width="40%" | Website: [http://bcceaswww.caanndavis.org/ bcceaswww.caanndavis.org]<br/>Phone: 604-437-1940, <br/>Phone toll-free: 1-866-437792-1940 2760 <br/>
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| width="40%" | '''BC Human Rights Clinic (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.bchrc.net/ www.bchrc.net]<br/>
604-622-1100 <br/>
1-855-685-6222 <br/>
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| width="20%" | '''Richmond - CHIMO Community Services'''