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If you are given a Two or Four Month Eviction Notice, you have the right to be compensated for one month’s rent. For example, you can continue to live in the rental unit for the remaining two or four months and receive the last month free. Alternatively, if you find new housing before the end of the two or four months, you can give 10 days’ written notice to move early and still be compensated for one month’s rent. | If you are given a Two or Four Month Eviction Notice, you have the right to be compensated for one month’s rent. For example, you can continue to live in the rental unit for the remaining two or four months and receive the last month free. Alternatively, if you find new housing before the end of the two or four months, you can give 10 days’ written notice to move early and still be compensated for one month’s rent. | ||
If you would like to challenge an eviction notice, follow the [http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies/solving-problems/dispute-resolution/applying-for-dispute-resolution Residential Tenancy Branch’s instructions] for dispute resolution. You can apply | If you would like to challenge an eviction notice, follow the [http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies/solving-problems/dispute-resolution/applying-for-dispute-resolution Residential Tenancy Branch’s instructions] for dispute resolution. You can apply online, or submit a paper application to any Residential Tenancy Branch or [http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/organizational-structure/ministries-organizations/ministries/technology-innovation-and-citizens-services/servicebc Service BC] office. Applying for dispute resolution costs $100, although you can also [http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies/solving-problems/dispute-resolution/applying-for-dispute-resolution/fees-and-fee-waivers#Waiver apply to have the fee waived]. You may need to provide an income assistance statement, employment insurance benefits statement, recent paystub from an employer, and/or bank statements from the most recent two months. If you end up having to pay the $100 fee, you can still request on your application form that your landlord repay you the fee if they lose the hearing. | ||
== What happens next == | == What happens next == | ||
