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==Are you covered by the law?== | ==Are you covered by the law?== | ||
When renting a home in BC, you want to be covered by the ''Residential Tenancy Act | When renting a home in BC, you want to be covered by the ''[http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01 Residential Tenancy Act (RTA)]''. If the ''RTA'' does not apply to your living situation, you will still have certain rights under common law, but they will be less clear and harder to enforce. The Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (TRAC) and Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) can only provide legal | ||
assistance to tenants and landlords protected by the ''RTA''. | assistance to tenants and landlords protected by the ''RTA''. | ||
