Tenancy protections for B.C. seniors in retirement homes
The Office of the Seniors Advocate is urging the provincial government to act quickly and enforce the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) to protect the 30,000 B.C. seniors in retirement homes from illegal rent increases and evictions. The BC Seniors Advocate’s new report Forgotten Rights: Seniors Not Afforded Equal Rent Protection released today highlights the practice […]
B.C. seniors face rent hikes that are illegal
Many residents of retirement homes in British Columbia are facing illegal rent increases, the province’s seniors’ advocate says. In a report released this summer, Dan Levitt called for increased protections for the 30,000 people in independent living facilities in the province. “Calls to my office from seniors who are facing unlawful rent increases have more than doubled in […]
