Rights of Tenants Facing Displacement Through Redevelopment

Whereas vulnerable tenants are evicted from low-costs rental homes for redevelopment purposes; And whereas there are insufficient protections within the Residential Tenancy Act for tenants to be re-homed in the redeveloped properties they were evicted from: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Government of British Columbia enable legislative changes to require developers who evict residents from low-cost rental homes to allow tenants right of first refusal to return to the developed property at either their rental rate at time of eviction or a discounted rental rate; And be it further resolved that the Residential Tenancy Act and any other applicable legislative change be enacted to allow enhanced rights of tenants in British Columbia and that a Municipal Guide for Tenant Relocation Policies be provided to local governments.