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== Housing alternatives ==
{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre]], 2018}}
==Government==


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|- valign=top
|- valign=top
| width="20%" | '''BC Active Manufactured Home Owners Association'''
| width="40%" | '''BC Human Rights Tribunal'''
| width="40%" | Information and support for manufactured home owners.
| width="40%" | [http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/ www.bchrt.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.amhoa.ca/ www.amhoa.ca]<br/>
604 775-2000 <br/>
Phone: 250-544-1456
1-888 440-8844 <br/>


|- valign=top
|- valign=top
| width="20%" | '''BC Housing'''
| width="40%" | '''BC Housing'''
| width="40%" | Subsidized housing information.
| width="40%" |[http://www.bchousing.org/ www.bchousing.org]<br/>
| width="40%" |Website: [http://www.bchousing.org/ www.bchousing.org]<br/>
604-433-1711<br/>
Phone: 604-433-2218<br/>
1-866-465-6873<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-257-7756<br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Co-operative Housing Federation of BC'''
| width="40%" | '''Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC'''
| width="40%" | Information for people living in co-ops.
| width="40%" | [http://www.oipc.bc.ca/ http://www.oipc.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.bcca.coop/member/co-operative-housing-federation-bc www.bcca.coop/member/co-operative-housing-federation-bc]<br/>
604-879-5111 <br/>
Phone: 604-879-5111 <br/>
1-866-879-5111<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-866-879-5111<br/>
|}
 
== Government ==
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|- valign=top
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| width="20%" | '''Residential Tenancy Branch'''
| width="40%" | '''Residential Tenancy Branch'''
| width="40%" | Government department that carries out residential tenancy law. Provides information and dispute resolution services. Visit their website to download forms, see legislation, policy guidelines, and fact sheets.
| width="40%" | [http://www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/ www.rto.gov.bc.ca]<br/>
604-660-2421 <br/>
Lower Mainland Phone: 604-660-2421 <br/>
1-800-665-8779 <br/>
Victoria Phone: 250-387-1602 <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-663-7867 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Service BC (Government Agent)'''
| width="40%" | '''Service BC'''
| width="40%" | If there is no Residential Tenancy Branch office where you live, you can call or visit Service BC.
| width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=FD6DB5BA2A5248038EEF54D9F9F37C4D Office Locations]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca/locations/ www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca]<br/>
604-660-2421 <br/>
Phone: 604-660-2421 <br/>
1-800-663-7867 <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-663-7867


|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Vancouver Property Use Inspector'''
| width="40%" | Repairs, heat, fire safety, City of Vancouver only.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/get-help-with-a-property-concern.aspx Property Inspection]<br/>
Phone: 604-873-7398 or 311
|}
|}


== Advocacy and referral services ==
==Tenant services==


===Lower Mainland===
===Lower Mainland===
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|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''411'''
| width="40%" | '''411 Seniors Centre Society (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Seniors center. Provides information and referrals to seniors.
| width="40%" | [http://411seniors.bc.ca/ 411seniors.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://411seniors.bc.ca/ http://411seniors.bc.ca/]<br/>
604-736-2033 <br/>
Phone: 604-736-2033 <br/>
1-866-884-0888 <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-866-884-0888 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Archway Community Services'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.archway.ca/ www.archway.ca]<br/>
604-859-7681 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Access Pro Bono (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.accessprobono.ca/residential-tenancy-program www.accessprobono.ca/residential-tenancy-program]<br/>
604-482-3195 ext. 1500 <br/>
1-877-762-6664 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Ann Davis Transition Society (Chilliwack)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.anndavis.org/ www.anndavis.org]<br/>
604-792-2760 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''BC Human Rights Clinic (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.bchrc.net/ www.bchrc.net]<br/>
604-622-1100 <br/>
1-855-685-6222 <br/>
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Chimo Community Services (Richmond)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.chimoservices.com/ www.chimoservices.com]<br/>
604-279-7077 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Abbotsford Community Services- Legal Advocacy Office'''
| width="40%" | '''Community Legal Assistance Society (Vancouver)'''  
| width="40%" | Information, referrals, and representation. Serving Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Mission.
| width="40%" | [http://www.clasbc.net/ www.clasbc.net]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.abbotsfordcommunityservices.com/index.cfm?method=pages.showPage&pageID=3e1f410e-d3e7-4f76-43e4-7a31c6ee3409 Abbotsford Legal Advocacy]<br/>
604-685-3425 <br/>
Abbotsford Phone: 604-859-7681 Local 207 <br/>
1-888-685-6222 <br/>
Chilliwack Phone: 604-792-8000 ext.231<br/>
Email: [mailto:Kim.Kirkpatrick@AbbotsfordCommunityServices.com Kim.Kirkpatrick@AbbotsfordCommunityServices.com]


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''BC Centre for Elderly Advocacy & Support'''
| width="40%" | '''Cythera Transition House Society (Maple Ridge)'''  
| width="40%" | Legal information and represenation for tenants 55 and over.
| width="40%" | [http://www.cythera.ca/ www.cythera.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://bcceas.ca/ bcceas.ca]<br/>
604-685-3425 <br/>
Phone: 604-437-1940, <br/>
1-888-685-6222 <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-866-437-1940 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Richmond- CHIMO Community Services'''  
| width="40%" | '''Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Advocacy services for Richmond residents.
| width="40%" | [http://dewc.ca/ www.dewc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.chimoservices.com/ www.chimoservices.com]<br/>
604-681-8480 <br/>
Phone: 604-279-7077


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre'''
| width="40%" | '''First United Church Vancouver'''
| width="40%" | Drop-in centre and basic needs services; as well as mental health and legal advocacy, victim services and outreach services.
| width="40%" | [https://firstunited.ca/ www.firstunited.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://dewc.ca/ dewc.ca]<br/>
604-681-8365 <br/>
Phone: 604-681-8480, ext. 221 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''First United Church'''
| width="40%" | '''Jewish Family Service Agency (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Advocates assist people in the Greater Vancouver area with a variety of issues including welfare, tenancy, EI, and disability.
| width="40%" | [http://www.jfsa.ca/ www.jfsa.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://firstunited.ca/ firstunited.ca]<br/>
604-257-5151 <br/>
Phone: 604-252-9504


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Law Students’ Legal Advice Program'''
| width="40%" | '''Justice Access Centre (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Legal advice and information in the Lower Mainland for people who can’t afford a lawyer.
| width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=5D8A8D56105244199C0DB0B3E41D672A Website]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.lslap.bc.ca/main/ www.lslap.bc.ca ]<br/>
604-660-2084 <br/>
Phone: 604-822-5791


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Maple Ride- Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services'''  
| width="40%" | '''Justice Access Centre (Victoria)'''
| width="40%" | Advocacy services.
| width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=C3E4C29EB8834FF498053D03EF3EE205 Website]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.comservice.bc.ca/ www.comservice.bc.ca]<br/>
250-356-7012 <br/>
Phone: 604-467-6911 ext. 210


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''MOSAIC Legal Advocacy'''  
| width="40%" | '''Keys: Housing and Health Solutions (Surrey)'''
| width="40%" | Information, summary advice, referrals, and representation to low-income immigrants and refugees.
| width="40%" | 604-822-5791 <br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.mosaicbc.com/settlement-services/general-support/legal-advocacy MOSAIC Legal Advocacy ]<br/>
 
Phone: 604-629-0061
Email: [mailto:legaladvocacy@mosaicbc.com legaladvocacy@mosaicbc.com]


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Surrey - Sources Newton Advocacy Group Society'''
| width="40%" | '''Law Students’ Legal Advice Program'''
| width="40%" | Advocacy services including information, referrals, and representation. Serving Surrey residents.
| width="40%" | [http://www.lslap.bc.ca/ www.lslap.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://sourcesbc.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=177&Itemid=163 Sources BC ]<br/>
604-822-5791 <br/>
Phone: 604-596-2311<br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''North Shore - North Shore Community Resources'''
| width="40%" | '''Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services'''  
| width="40%" | Legal information, support, referrals and advocacy services for residents of the North Shore (including the city of North Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, District of West Vancouver, Bowen Island and Lions Bay).
| width="40%" | [http://www.comservice.bc.ca/ www.comservice.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.nscr.bc.ca/information/legal.html www.nscr.bc.ca]<br/>
604-467-6911 <br/>
Phone: 604-985-7138


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Tri-Cities - SHARE Family and Community Services'''
| width="40%" | '''MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program (Vancouver)'''  
| width="40%" | Information, referrals, and advice. Serving Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra.
| width="40%" | [http://www.mosaicbc.com/settlement-services/general-support/legal-advocacy MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://sharesociety.ca/ sharesociety.ca]<br/>
604-254-9626 <br/>
Phone: 604-937-6982


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Seniors Services Society'''
| width="40%" | '''North Shore Community Resources'''
| width="40%" | Information on housing and benefits for seniors.
| width="40%" | [http://www.nscr.bc.ca/ www.nscr.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.seniorsservicessociety.ca/ seniorsservicessociety.ca]<br/>
604-985-7138 <br/>
Phone: 604-520-6621


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Shiloh-Sixth Avenue United Church: Community Advocate'''
| width="40%" | '''North Shore Multicultural Society'''
| width="40%" |  
| width="40%" | [http://www.nsms.ca/ www.nsms.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Phone: 604-522-3443 ext. 22
604-988-2931 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''St. Paul’s Advocacy'''
| width="40%" | '''Options Community Services Society (Surrey)'''
| width="40%" | Provides information and advocacy on tenancy issues and welfare applications.
| width="40%" | [http://www.options.bc.ca/ www.options.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://stpaulsanglican.bc.ca/hospitality/st-pauls-advocacy-office http://stpaulsanglican.bc.ca/hospitality/st-pauls-advocacy-office] St. Paul's Advocacy<br/>
604-584-5811 <br/>
Phone: 604-683-4287


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''The Kettle'''
| width="40%" | '''SHARE Family & Community Services (Coquitlam)'''
| width="40%" | Provide assistance for people with mental health disabilities with a range of tenancy matters including representation at arbitration.
| width="40%" | [http://sharesociety.ca/ www.sharesociety.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.thekettle.ca/ www.thekettle.ca]<br/>
604-540-9161 <br/>
Phone: 604-253-0669


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Wilson Heights United Church Advocacy Office'''
| width="40%" | '''Seniors Services Society (New Westminster)'''
| width="40%" | Provides community advocacy.
| width="40%" | [http://sharesociety.ca/ www.sharesociety.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.whuc.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=3&Itemid=18 Wilson Heights Advocacy]<br/>
604-520-6621 <br/>
Phone: 604-325-9944
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===Victoria area===
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Sources Newton Resource Centre (Surrey)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.sourcesbc.ca/ www.sourcesbc.ca]<br/>
604-596-2311 <br/>


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|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Burnside Gorge Community Association'''
| width="40%" | '''St. Paul’s Advocacy (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Provides support, information, referrals, advocacy and assistance with basic needs to families in housing crisis.
| width="40%" | [https://stpaulsanglican.bc.ca/site1/outreach-2/advocacy-outreach/ Advocacy Office]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://burnsidegorge.ca/ burnsidegorge.ca]<br/>
604-683-4287 <br/>
Phone: 250-388-5251


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''The Law Centre'''
| width="40%" | '''Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Legal advice, representation and information in Victoria for those who can’t afford a lawyer.
| width="40%" | [http://www.tenants.bc.ca/ www.tenants.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.thelawcentre.ca/ www.thelawcentre.ca]<br/>
604-255-0546 <br/>
Phone: 250-388-4516
1-800-665-1185 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Ready to Rent'''
| width="40%" | '''The Kettle (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Information on renting in BC, and community courses on renting.
| width="40%" | [http://www.thekettle.ca/ www.thekettle.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.readytorentbc.net/ www.readytorentbc.net]<br/>
604-251-2801 <br/>
Phone: 250-388-7171


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS)'''
| width="40%" | '''Vancouver Tenants Union '''
| width="40%" | Advocacy for tenants who are having disputes with their landlord.
| width="40%" | [https://www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca/ www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.tapsbc.ca/ www.tapsbc.ca]<br/>
 
Phone: 250-361-3521


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Victoria Native Friendship Centre'''
| width="40%" | '''Wilson Heights United Church (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | Housing advocacy for homeless First Nations people as well as information and guidance about rentals, tenant rights, referrals, supportive resources and practical living skills.
| width="40%" | [https://www.whuc.net/advocacy-program www.whuc.net/advocacy-program]<br/>
| width="40%" | http://www.vnfc.ca/ www.vnfc.ca]<br/>
604-325-9944 <br/>
Phone: 250-384-3211
 
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|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Burnside Gorge Community Centre (Victoria)'''
| width="40%" | [http://burnsidegorge.ca/ www.burnsidegorge.ca]<br/>
250-388-5251 <br/>
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Nanaimo Citizens Advocacy Association'''
| width="40%" | [http://nanaimocaa.com/ www.nanaimocaa.com]<br/>
250-753-2321 <br/>
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Port Alberni - Port Alberni Friendship Center'''
| width="40%" | [https://www.pafriendshipcenter.com/welcome-port-alberni-friendship-center Website]<br/>
250-723-8281 <br/>
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Ready to Rent (Victoria)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.readytorentbc.org/ www.readytorentbc.org]<br/>
250-388-7171 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Campbell River - Island JADE Society'''
| width="40%" | '''Together Against Poverty Society (Victoria)'''
| width="40%" | Help with tenancy issues including representation at arbitration.
| width="40%" | [http://www.tapsbc.ca/ www.tapsbc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.welcome2campbellriver.ca/en/business/island-jade-society-justice-advocacy-dignity-empowerment Island JADE Society]<br/>
250-361-3521 <br/>
Phone: 250-830-1171


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Comox BC - Wachiay Friendship Center'''
| width="40%" | '''University of British Columbia Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" |  
| width="40%" | [http://www.allard.ubc.ca/iclc/indigenous-community-legal-clinic Website]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.wachiay.org/ http://www.wachiay.org/]<br/>
604-684-7334 <br/>
Phone: 250-338-7793, ext. 229


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Courtenay - Island JADE Society'''
| width="40%" | '''University of Victoria Law Centre'''
| width="40%" |  
| width="40%" | [https://www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre/ www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre]<br/>
| width="40%" | Phone: 250-871-7708
250-385-1221 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Nanaimo - Nanaimo Citizens Advocacy Association'''
| width="40%" | '''Victoria Native Friendship Centre'''
| width="40%" |  
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.vnfc.ca/ www.vnfc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Phone: 250-753-2321
250-384-3211 <br/>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Port Alberni - Port Alberni Friendship Centre'''
| width="40%" | '''Wachiay Friendship Centre (Courtenay)'''
| width="40%" | Legal information and advocacy for tenants.
| width="40%" | [http://www.wachiay.org/ www.wachiay.org]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.pafriendshipcenter.com/ www.pafriendshipcenter.com]<br/>
250-338-7793 <br/>
Phone: 250-723-8281


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Ucluelet—West Coast Community Resources Society'''
| width="40%" | '''West Coast Community Resources (Ucluelet)'''
| width="40%" | Information on renting in BC, and community courses on renting.
| width="40%" | [http://wccrs.ca/ www.wccrs.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://wccrs.ca/ wccrs.ca]<br/>
250-726-2343 <br/>
Phone: 250-726-2343
1-877-726-2080 <br/>
 
|}
|}


===Other areas of BC===
===Other Parts of BC===


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|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Columbia/Kootenay Advocacy and Education Resource Society'''
| width="40%" | '''Active Support Against Poverty (Prince George)'''
| width="40%" |  
| width="40%" | 250-563-5531 <br>
| width="40%" | Phone: (250) 837-4779
1-877-563-6112


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''East Kootenays (Cranbrook) - Traveling Advocate Program'''
| width="40%" | '''Bella Coola / Mid-Coast Legal Advocacy Program'''
| width="40%" | Assistance and information to the public regarding poverty law issues such as tenants' rights and dispute resolutions.
| width="40%" | [https://www.facebook.com/BCLegalAdvocates/ www.facebook.com/BCLegalAdvocates]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://ekadvocate.com/ ekadvocate.com]<br/>
250-799-0044 <br>
Phone: 250-426-4293 <br>
1-877-499-0044 <br>
Phone toll-free: 1-877-298-2211


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Fort St. John - Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society'''
| width="40%" | '''Cariboo Friendship Society (Williams Lake)'''
| width="40%" | Information, referrals, advocacy, workshops.
| width="40%" | [http://www.cariboofriendshipsociety.ca/ www.cariboofriendshipsociety.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.fsjwrs.ca/ www.fsjwrs.ca]<br/>
250-398-6831 <br>
Phone: 250-787-1121


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Hazelton - Upper Skeena Counseling and Legal Assistance Society'''
| width="40%" | '''Columbia / Kootenay Advocacy and Education Resource Society'''
| width="40%" | Legal aid intake, advocacy services.
| width="40%" | [http://ckaers.wikifoundry.com/ www.ckaers.wikifoundry.com]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://usclas.com/ usclas.com]<br/>
250-837-4779 <br>
Phone: 250-842-5218<br>
Phone toll-free: 1-877-842-5218


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Kelowna - Okanagan Advocacy and Resource Centre'''
| width="40%" | '''Community Connections (Revelstoke)'''
| width="40%" | Information, referrals, advocacy services for people with mental health issues.
| width="40%" | [http://www.community-connections.ca/ www.community-connections.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://kelowna.cioc.ca/record/KNA0348 kelowna.cioc.ca]<br/>
250-837-2920 <br>
Phone: 250-979-0201


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Merritt - Nicola Valley Advocacy'''
| width="40%" | '''Elizabeth Fry Society (Kamloops)'''
| width="40%" | Advocacy services.  
| width="40%" | [https://www.kamloopsefry.com/ www.kamloopsefry.com]<br/>
| width="40%" | Phone: (250) 378-9632
250-374-2119 <br>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Nelson - The Advocacy Centre'''
| width="40%" | '''Fort St. John Women's Resource Society'''
| width="40%" | Legal information, education and problem solving for low-income residents of the Central Kootenays.
| width="40%" | [https://www.fsjwrs.ca/ www.fsjwrs.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://advocacycentre.org/ advocacycentre.org]<br/>
250-787-1121 <br>
Phone: 250-352-5777<br>
Phone toll-free: 1-877-352-5777


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Penticton - Penticton and Area Access Society'''
| width="40%" | '''Living Positive Resource Centre (Kelowna)'''
| width="40%" | Advocacy services.
| width="40%" | [http://www.lprc.ca/ www.lprc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://accesscentre.org/ accesscentre.org]<br/>
778-753-5830 <br>
Phone: 250-493-6822


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Powell River - Powell River Community Services Association'''
| width="40%" | '''New Horizon Centre (Port Alberni)'''
| width="40%" | Advocacy services for low income residents.
| width="40%" | [http://portalberni.cmha.bc.ca/ www.portalberni.cmha.bc.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Phone: 604-485-0950
250-724-7137 <br>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Prince George - Active Support Against Poverty'''
| width="40%" | '''Nicola Valley Advocacy Centre (Merritt)'''
| width="40%" | Provides advocacy and referral services to financially poor individuals.
| width="40%" | 250-378-9632 <br>
| width="40%" | Phone: 250-563-6112
 


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Prince George - Prince George Native Friendship Centre'''
| width="40%" | '''North Cariboo Metis Association (Quesnel)'''
| width="40%" |
| width="40%" | 250-992-9722 <br>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.pgnfc.com/ www.pgnfc.com]
 
Phone: 250-564-3568


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Prince Rupert - Prince Rupert Unemployed Centre Society'''
| width="40%" | '''Northern Rockies Aboriginal Women Society (Fort Nelson)'''
| width="40%" |
| width="40%" | [https://www.nraws.org/ www.nraws.org]<br/>
| width="40%" | Phone: 250-627-8776
250-233-8920 <br>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Vernon - Vernon and District Women’s Centre Society'''
| width="40%" | '''Okanagan Advocacy and Resource Society (Kelowna)'''
| width="40%" |
| width="40%" | 250-979-0201 <br>
| width="40%" | Phone: 250-542-7531
 


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Williams Lake - Women’s Contact Society'''
| width="40%" | '''Opportunities Advocacy Services (Campbell River)'''
| width="40%" | Women’s centre, but also provides advocacy to all members of the community.
| width="40%" | 250-286-3436 <br>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.womenscontact.org/index.php/legal-advocacy/ www.womenscontact.org]
 
Phone: 250-392-4118<br/>
 
Phone toll-free: 1-888-799-5240
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| width="40%" | '''Penticton & Area Access Society'''
| width="40%" | [http://accesscentre.org/ www.accesscentre.org]<br/>
250-493-6822 <br>
1-866-493-6822 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Penticton & District Manufactured Home Owners Association'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.pdmhoa.ca/ www.pdmhoa.ca]<br/>
250-498-0145 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Powell River Community Resource Centre'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.prcrc.org/ www.prcrc.org]<br/>
604-485-0992 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Prince George Native Friendship Centre'''
| width="40%" | [http://pgnfc.com/ www.pgnfc.com]<br/>
250-564-3568 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Shelter and Street Help Line'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.bc211.ca/help-lines/ www.bc211.ca/help-lines]<br/>
2-1-1 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Sunshine Coast Unemployment Action Centre (Gibsons)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sunshine-Coast-Unemployment-Action-Centre Website]<br/>
604-741-0776 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Terrace and District Community Services Society'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.tdcss.ca/ www.tdcss.ca]<br/>
250-635-3178 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''The Advocacy Centre (Nelson)'''
| width="40%" | [https://advocacycentre.org/ www.advocacycentre.org]<br/>
250-352-5777 <br>
1-877-352-5777 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Thompson Rivers University Community Legal Clinic (Kamloops)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.tru.ca/law/students/outreach/Legal_Clinic.html Website]<br/>
778-471-8490 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Traveling Poverty Law Advocate Program (Cranbrook)'''
| width="40%" | [http://tap.ccscranbrook.ca/ www.tap.ccscranbrook.ca]<br/>
250-426-2976 <br>
1-877-298-2211 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Unemployed Action Centre Society (Prince Rupert)'''
| width="40%" | 250-627-8776 <br>


==Legal help==


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| width="40%" | '''Upper Skeena Counselling & Legal Assistance Society (Hazelton)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.usclas.com/ www.usclas.com]<br/>
250-842-5218 <br>
1-877-842-5218 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Vancouver MPA Society'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.mpa-society.org/ www.mpa-society.org]<br/>
604-482-3700 <br>


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Lawyer Referral'''
| width="40%" | '''Vernon & District Women's Centre Society'''
| width="40%" | Offers advice and information from a lawyer for a fee of $25 plus taxes for the first 30 minutes.
| width="40%" | 250 542-3555 <br>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.cba.org/bc/initiatives/main/lawyer_referral.aspx www.cba.org/bc/]<br/>
Phone: 604-687-3221<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-663-1919


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS)'''
| width="40%" | '''Vernon Women's Transition House Society'''
| width="40%" | Help with judicial review, orders of possession, co-op evictions.
| width="40%" | [http://vwts.ca/ www.vwts.ca]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.clasbc.net/ www.clasbc.net]<br/>
250-542-1122 <br>
Phone: 604-685-3425<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-888-685-6222


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Access Pro Bono'''
| width="40%" | '''Women's Contact Society (Williams Lake)'''
| width="40%" | Free legal advice.
| width="40%" | [http://www.womenscontact.org/ www.womenscontact.org]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.accessprobono.ca/ www.accessprobono.ca]<br/>
250-392-4118 <br>
Phone: 604-878-7400<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-877-762-6664


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Dial-A-Law'''
| width="40%" | '''YMCA Munroe House Vancouver'''
| width="40%" | Dial-A-Law is a library of practical legal information. It is operated by the BC Branch of the Canadian Bar Association. You can listen to the Dial-A-Law scripts over the phone, or read them on the website. The scripts are available in English, Chinese and Punjabi.
| width="40%" | [https://ywcavan.org/programs/affordable-housing Website]<br/>
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.dialalaw.org www.dialalaw.org]<br/>
604-895-5800 <br>
Phone: 604-687-4680 <br/>
 
Phone toll-free: 1-800-565-5297
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| width="40%" | '''Clicklaw'''
| width="40%" | An Internet portal for public legal information and education in British Columbia.
| width="40%" | [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca www.clicklaw.bc.ca]
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca www.clicklaw.bc.ca]


|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''MOSAIC Multilingual Legal Publications'''
| width="40%" | '''PovNet'''
| width="40%" | Publications on various topics.
| width="40%" | [http://www.povnet.org/ www.povnet.org]
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.multilingolegal.ca/multilingual-legal-publications publications]
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|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''PovNet'''
| width="40%" | Information, resources and advocacy directory.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.povnet.org/ www.povnet.org]
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Introduction
Preparing to Rent
Finding Rental Housing
Entering a Tenancy
Moving In
Rent
Living in Peace
Repairs and Services
Evictions
Moving Out
Dispute Resolution
Other Resources for Tenants
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This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre, 2018.

Government

BC Human Rights Tribunal www.bchrt.bc.ca

604 775-2000
1-888 440-8844

BC Housing www.bchousing.org

604-433-1711
1-866-465-6873

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC http://www.oipc.bc.ca

604-879-5111
1-866-879-5111

Residential Tenancy Branch www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant

604-660-2421
1-800-665-8779

Service BC Office Locations

604-660-2421
1-800-663-7867

Tenant services

Lower Mainland

411 Seniors Centre Society (Vancouver) 411seniors.bc.ca

604-736-2033
1-866-884-0888

Archway Community Services www.archway.ca

604-859-7681

Access Pro Bono (Vancouver) www.accessprobono.ca/residential-tenancy-program

604-482-3195 ext. 1500
1-877-762-6664

Ann Davis Transition Society (Chilliwack) www.anndavis.org

604-792-2760

BC Human Rights Clinic (Vancouver) www.bchrc.net

604-622-1100
1-855-685-6222

Chimo Community Services (Richmond) www.chimoservices.com

604-279-7077

Community Legal Assistance Society (Vancouver) www.clasbc.net

604-685-3425
1-888-685-6222

Cythera Transition House Society (Maple Ridge) www.cythera.ca

604-685-3425
1-888-685-6222

Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (Vancouver) www.dewc.ca

604-681-8480

First United Church Vancouver www.firstunited.ca

604-681-8365

Jewish Family Service Agency (Vancouver) www.jfsa.ca

604-257-5151

Justice Access Centre (Vancouver) Website

604-660-2084

Justice Access Centre (Victoria) Website

250-356-7012

Keys: Housing and Health Solutions (Surrey) 604-822-5791


Law Students’ Legal Advice Program www.lslap.bc.ca

604-822-5791

Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services www.comservice.bc.ca

604-467-6911

MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program (Vancouver) MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program

604-254-9626

North Shore Community Resources www.nscr.bc.ca

604-985-7138

North Shore Multicultural Society www.nsms.ca

604-988-2931

Options Community Services Society (Surrey) www.options.bc.ca

604-584-5811

SHARE Family & Community Services (Coquitlam) www.sharesociety.ca

604-540-9161

Seniors Services Society (New Westminster) www.sharesociety.ca

604-520-6621

Sources Newton Resource Centre (Surrey) www.sourcesbc.ca

604-596-2311

St. Paul’s Advocacy (Vancouver) Advocacy Office

604-683-4287

Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (Vancouver) www.tenants.bc.ca

604-255-0546
1-800-665-1185

The Kettle (Vancouver) www.thekettle.ca

604-251-2801

Vancouver Tenants Union www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca


Wilson Heights United Church (Vancouver) www.whuc.net/advocacy-program

604-325-9944

Vancouver Island

Burnside Gorge Community Centre (Victoria) www.burnsidegorge.ca

250-388-5251

Nanaimo Citizens Advocacy Association www.nanaimocaa.com

250-753-2321

Port Alberni - Port Alberni Friendship Center Website

250-723-8281

Ready to Rent (Victoria) www.readytorentbc.org

250-388-7171

Together Against Poverty Society (Victoria) www.tapsbc.ca

250-361-3521

University of British Columbia Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (Vancouver) Website

604-684-7334

University of Victoria Law Centre www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre

250-385-1221

Victoria Native Friendship Centre Website: www.vnfc.ca

250-384-3211

Wachiay Friendship Centre (Courtenay) www.wachiay.org

250-338-7793

West Coast Community Resources (Ucluelet) www.wccrs.ca

250-726-2343
1-877-726-2080

Other Parts of BC

Active Support Against Poverty (Prince George) 250-563-5531

1-877-563-6112

Bella Coola / Mid-Coast Legal Advocacy Program www.facebook.com/BCLegalAdvocates

250-799-0044
1-877-499-0044

Cariboo Friendship Society (Williams Lake) www.cariboofriendshipsociety.ca

250-398-6831

Columbia / Kootenay Advocacy and Education Resource Society www.ckaers.wikifoundry.com

250-837-4779

Community Connections (Revelstoke) www.community-connections.ca

250-837-2920

Elizabeth Fry Society (Kamloops) www.kamloopsefry.com

250-374-2119

Fort St. John Women's Resource Society www.fsjwrs.ca

250-787-1121

Living Positive Resource Centre (Kelowna) www.lprc.ca

778-753-5830

New Horizon Centre (Port Alberni) www.portalberni.cmha.bc.ca

250-724-7137

Nicola Valley Advocacy Centre (Merritt) 250-378-9632


North Cariboo Metis Association (Quesnel) 250-992-9722


Northern Rockies Aboriginal Women Society (Fort Nelson) www.nraws.org

250-233-8920

Okanagan Advocacy and Resource Society (Kelowna) 250-979-0201


Opportunities Advocacy Services (Campbell River) 250-286-3436


Penticton & Area Access Society www.accesscentre.org

250-493-6822
1-866-493-6822

Penticton & District Manufactured Home Owners Association www.pdmhoa.ca

250-498-0145

Powell River Community Resource Centre www.prcrc.org

604-485-0992

Prince George Native Friendship Centre www.pgnfc.com

250-564-3568

Shelter and Street Help Line www.bc211.ca/help-lines

2-1-1

Sunshine Coast Unemployment Action Centre (Gibsons) Website

604-741-0776

Terrace and District Community Services Society www.tdcss.ca

250-635-3178

The Advocacy Centre (Nelson) www.advocacycentre.org

250-352-5777
1-877-352-5777

Thompson Rivers University Community Legal Clinic (Kamloops) Website

778-471-8490

Traveling Poverty Law Advocate Program (Cranbrook) www.tap.ccscranbrook.ca

250-426-2976
1-877-298-2211

Unemployed Action Centre Society (Prince Rupert) 250-627-8776


Upper Skeena Counselling & Legal Assistance Society (Hazelton) www.usclas.com

250-842-5218
1-877-842-5218

Vancouver MPA Society www.mpa-society.org

604-482-3700

Vernon & District Women's Centre Society 250 542-3555
Vernon Women's Transition House Society www.vwts.ca

250-542-1122

Women's Contact Society (Williams Lake) www.womenscontact.org

250-392-4118

YMCA Munroe House Vancouver Website

604-895-5800

Online resources

Clicklaw www.clicklaw.bc.ca
PovNet www.povnet.org


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Introduction
Preparing to Rent
Finding Rental Housing
Entering a Tenancy
Moving In
Rent
Living in Peace When Renting
Repairs and Services
Evictions
Moving Out
Dispute Resolution
Other Resources for Tenants
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