A call to stop renovictions was first among 23 recommendations in a B.C. government task force report issued Wednesday and described as the first comprehensive review of the province’s tenancy legislation in 16 years.
Renoviction is the practice of landlords evicting long-term tenants from their homes to renovate and then find new residents at significantly higher rents. The word, not in use 16 years ago when B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Act was last overhauled, has become commonplace in many B.C. municipalities, especially in cities like Vancouver and Victoria with low vacancy rates and soaring rents.
In recent years, tenants’ advocates have called for putting a stop to renovictions, and last week, Vancouver city council passed a motion to that end. But on Wednesday, some of those advocates questioned if changes proposed by the B.C. government’s report were strong enough.
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