Renter Protections

• Vancouver city councillor wants to track ‘demovictions’ to address loophole for Broadway neighbourhood

  Councillor Pete Fry says 2,000 renter households a year in the Broadway neighbourhood could be forced out due to the ongoing plan.

  Politics

  May 7, 2023
  
• Vancouver mayor wants to extend renter protection rules citywide

  Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart will look to extend renter protections like those in the Broadway Plan to the entire city. 

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2022
  
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• Public hearings begin on Vancouver’s divisive Broadway Plan

  The plan is meant to guide development along the city's Broadway corridor over the next 30 years and take advantage of the completion of the new $2.8 billion Broadway subway.

  Politics

  May 18, 2022
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• Beefed-up cash compensation among protections proposed for displaced Vancouver renters

  The proposed policy would start compensation for displaced tenants at four months' rent, climbing as high as two years' rent for renters displaced after 40+ years.

  Jun 5, 2019
• City of Vancouver proposes rental-only zones, new rental czar to ease housing crunch

  The city is pitching a list of new programs aimed at renters, amid vacancy rates under 1 per cent.

  Nov 22, 2017