Tenants need protection from bad-faith evictions, blanket pet bans

07/11/2025 16 min
Tenants need protection from bad-faith evictions, blanket pet bans

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Episode Synopsis

British Columbia is in a housing crisis, and 1.6 million renters are bearing the brunt of it. The Residential Tenancy Act and Residential Tenancy Branch policy have the potential to support the human right to housing and to prevent homelessness and displacement but there is plenty of room for improvement in how well they protect tenants. First United has just come out with their second law reform platform addressing some of the gaps. We speak with Dr. Sarah Marsden of First United.