On September 29, 2023, BC tenant Saeed Mohammadi was awarded $57,700 in compensation costs thanks to a decision from a BC Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) arbitrator against his landlord Siavash ...

Jon Petrov in his West End apartment. He and several other neighbours have fought eviction attempts since their building was bought by a company called Plan A. Photo for The Tyee by Kayla Isomura. One ...

However, nearly two years later, a judicial review of the decision, a BC Supreme Court Justice Judith Hoffman completely ...

Legal loophole or bad-faith eviction? A recent BC Supreme Court ruling suggests some landlords may be skating dangerously close to “renoviction” territory — using family as the excuse. A landlord in ...

Wrongful eviction warning A tenant says despite proving she was wrongfully evicted and being awarded money by the tenancy branch, her landlord hasn't paid.

B.C. announces $15M in funding for tenancy branch The province is expanding funding and staffing levels at the Residential Tenancy Branch to help speed up hearings for tenants and renters.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered a Vancouver property management firm to pay two former West Vancouver tenants $140,000. | Tri-City News file photo A Vancouver-based property management firm ...

A Richmond tenant was granted more than $4,000 after bringing a dispute over utility payments to the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB). The tenant filed a dispute resolution with the RTB in August 2023 ...