Lack of rent control is pricing people out of Vancouver.
Currently, landlords can raise rent a certain percentage per year while the same tenant is in a unit. Once the unit becomes empty again, they can raise it as much as they think the market will allow. This creates huge incentive for landlords to renovict whole buildings and/or force out long-time tenants whose rents are lower than average for the area.
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The price of rent for a unit should be controlled based on the unit itself, not whether tenants are occupying it at a given time. We the undersigned are calling on BC and Vancouver City Council to implement a Vancouver Rent Control bylaw immediately.