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{{Tenant Survival Guide TOC}}
{{Tenant Survival Guide TOC}}
== Housing alternatives ==
==Government==


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| width="20%" | '''Active Manufactured Home Owners Association'''
| width="40%" | '''BC Human Rights Tribunal'''
| width="40%" | Information and support for manufactured home owners.
| width="40%" | [http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/ www.bchrt.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.amhoa.ca/ www.amhoa.ca]<br/>
604 775-2000 <br/>
Phone: 250-544-1456
1-888 440-8844 <br/>


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| width="20%" | '''BC Housing'''
| width="40%" | '''BC Housing'''
| width="40%" | Subsidized housing information.
| width="40%" |[http://www.bchousing.org/ www.bchousing.org]<br/>
| width="40%" |Website: [http://www.bchousing.org/ www.bchousing.org]<br/>
604-433-1711<br/>
Phone: 604-433-2218<br/>
1-866-465-6873<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-257-7756<br/>


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| width="20%" | '''Co-operative Housing Federation of BC'''
| width="40%" | '''Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC'''
| width="40%" | Information for people living in co-ops.
| width="40%" | [http://www.oipc.bc.ca/ http://www.oipc.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.bcca.coop/member/co-operative-housing-federation-bc www.bcca.coop/member/co-operative-housing-federation-bc]<br/>
604-879-5111 <br/>
Phone: 604-879-5111 <br/>
1-866-879-5111<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-866-879-5111<br/>
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== Government ==
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| width="20%" | '''Residential Tenancy Branch'''
| width="40%" | '''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%" | [http://www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant]<br/>
604-660-2421 <br/>
Lower Mainland Phone: 604-660-2421 <br/>
1-800-665-8779 <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-665-8779 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Service BC (Government Agent)'''
| width="40%" | '''Service BC'''
| width="40%" | If there is no Residential Tenancy Branch office where you live, you can call or visit Service BC.
| width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=FD6DB5BA2A5248038EEF54D9F9F37C4D Office Locations]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca/locations/ www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca]<br/>
604-660-2421 <br/>
Phone: 604-660-2421 <br/>
1-800-663-7867 <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-663-7867


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| width="20%" | '''Vancouver Property Use Inspector'''
| width="40%" | Repairs, heat, fire safety, City of Vancouver only.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/get-help-with-a-property-concern.aspx Property Inspection]<br/>
Phone: 604-873-7398 or 311
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== Advocacy and referral services ==
==Tenant Services==


===Lower Mainland===
===Lower Mainland===
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| width="20%" | '''411'''
| width="40%" | '''411 Seniors Centre Society (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Seniors center. Provides information and referrals to seniors.
| width="40%" | [http://411seniors.bc.ca/ 411seniors.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://411seniors.bc.ca/ 411seniors.bc.ca]<br/>
604-736-2033 <br/>
Phone: 604-736-2033 <br/>
1-866-884-0888 <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="20%" | '''Abbotsford Community Services - Legal Advocacy Office'''
| width="40%" | '''Access Pro Bono (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Information, referrals, and representation. Serving Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Mission.
| width="40%" | [http://www.accessprobono.ca/residential-tenancy-program www.accessprobono.ca/residential-tenancy-program]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.abbotsfordcommunityservices.com/index.cfm?method=pages.showPage&pageID=3e1f410e-d3e7-4f76-43e4-7a31c6ee3409 Abbotsford Legal Advocacy]<br/>
604-482-3195 ext. 1500 <br/>
Abbotsford Phone: 604-859-7681 Local 207 <br/>
1-877-762-6664 <br/>
Chilliwack Phone: 604-792-8000 ext. 231<br/>
Email: [mailto:Kim.Kirkpatrick@AbbotsfordCommunityServices.com Kim.Kirkpatrick@AbbotsfordCommunityServices.com]


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| width="20%" | '''BC Centre for Elderly Advocacy & Support'''
| width="40%" | '''Ann Davis Transition Society (Chilliwack)'''
| width="40%" | Legal information and representation for tenants 55 and over.
| width="40%" | [http://www.anndavis.org/ www.anndavis.org]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://bcceas.ca/ bcceas.ca]<br/>
604-792-2760 <br/>
Phone: 604-437-1940, <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-866-437-1940 <br/>


|- valign="top"
| 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'''  
| width="20%" | '''Richmond - CHIMO Community Services'''  
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