Repairs and Services When Renting - Revision history

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	'''DO:''' check if your municipality has a “Standards of Maintenance” or “Good Neighbour” Bylaw. If so, you might be able to have a Bylaw Officer investigate your repair and maintenance concerns.		'''DO:''' check if your municipality has a “Standards of Maintenance” or “Good Neighbour” Bylaw. If so, you might be able to have a Bylaw Officer investigate your repair and maintenance concerns.

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	'''DO NOT:''' ignore any repair and maintenance issues you encounter. If the problem gets worse, you could be held responsible for at least some of the associated costs.		'''DO NOT:''' ignore any repair and maintenance issues you encounter. If the problem gets worse, you could be held responsible for at least some of the associated costs.

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	==Landlord repair and maintenance responsibilities==		==Landlord repair and maintenance responsibilities==

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	==Landlord repair and maintenance responsibilities==		==Landlord repair and maintenance responsibilities==

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	According to [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01#section32 section 32(1)] of the ''Residential Tenancy Act (RTA)'', rental properties must comply with health, safety, and housing standards required by law. Landlords are generally responsible for the following repair and maintenance issues:		According to [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01#section32 section 32(1)] of the ''Residential Tenancy Act (RTA)'', rental properties must comply with health, safety, and housing standards required by law. Landlords are generally responsible for the following repair and maintenance issues:

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Essential services and facilities

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	If you have a problem with an essential service or facility, ask your landlord in writing to correct the situation. If that does not work, apply for dispute resolution for an order requiring your landlord to restore the essential service or facility. You can also apply for monetary compensation from your landlord for ignoring your request, as well as a rent reduction until the service or facility has been restored.		If you have a problem with an essential service or facility, ask your landlord in writing to correct the situation. If that does not work, apply for dispute resolution for an order requiring your landlord to restore the essential service or facility. You can also apply for monetary compensation from your landlord for ignoring your request, as well as a rent reduction until the service or facility has been restored.

	Alternatively, if the issue meets the ''RTA ~~definition~~'' of “emergency repair” – for example, the primary heating system breaks during the winter – you can consider following the emergency repair procedures described in [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01#section33 section 33] of the ''RTA''.		Alternatively, if the issue meets the ''RTA'' definition of “emergency repair” – for example, the primary heating system breaks during the winter – you can consider following the emergency repair procedures described in [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01#section33 section 33] of the ''RTA''.

	===Non-essential services and facilities===		===Non-essential services and facilities===

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Standards of Maintenance

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	The ''Residential Tenancy Act (RTA)'' is the most important law for you to understand, but it is not the only law that applies to tenants and landlords in BC. This is especially true when it comes to repairing and maintaining rental properties. Although the ''RTA'' states in general terms that landlords must comply with health, safety, and housing standards required by law, it does not do a good job of explaining what that means.		The ''[http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01 Residential Tenancy Act (RTA)]'' is the most important law for you to understand, but it is not the only law that applies to tenants and landlords in BC. This is especially true when it comes to repairing and maintaining rental properties. Although the ''RTA'' states in general terms that landlords must comply with health, safety, and housing standards required by law, it does not do a good job of explaining what that means.

	For a more detailed description of your landlord’s legal responsibility to repair and maintain your rental property, you will need to research one of your City’s bylaws – usually referred to as a “Standards of Maintenance” or “Good Neighbour” bylaw. These local laws go into greater detail than the ''RTA'' on heating systems, hot water, infestations, exterior walls, roofing, elevators, fire escapes, etc. If your landlord is refusing to make certain repairs, your City might be willing to send a Bylaw Officer to inspect your property, issue warnings and fines to your landlord, or otherwise enforce the bylaw. Alternatively, the bylaw could be used as evidence for a repair order at a Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) dispute resolution hearing.		For a more detailed description of your landlord’s legal responsibility to repair and maintain your rental property, you will need to research one of your City’s bylaws – usually referred to as a “Standards of Maintenance” or “Good Neighbour” bylaw. These local laws go into greater detail than the ''RTA'' on heating systems, hot water, infestations, exterior walls, roofing, elevators, fire escapes, etc. If your landlord is refusing to make certain repairs, your City might be willing to send a Bylaw Officer to inspect your property, issue warnings and fines to your landlord, or otherwise enforce the bylaw. Alternatively, the bylaw could be used as evidence for a repair order at a Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) dispute resolution hearing.

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 If your landlord reduces or restricts a non-essential service or facility without providing 30 days written notice and a rent reduction, do not withhold rent. Instead, you will have to resolve the problem by writing your landlord and explaining the law, or applying for dispute resolution for an order that they comply with your tenancy agreement.
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Nate Russell at 00:03, 12 December 2018

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Andrew Sakamoto at 00:58, 11 December 2018

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