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== Housing alternatives ==
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|- valign=top
| width="20%" | '''BC Active Manufactured Home Owners Association'''
| width="40%" | Information and support for manufactured home owners.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.amhoa.ca/ www.amhoa.ca]<br/>
Phone: (250) 544-1456
 
|- valign=top
| width="20%" | '''BC Housing'''
| width="40%" | subsidized housing information
| width="40%" |Website: [http://www.bchousing.org/ www.bchousing.org]<br/>
Phone: (604) 433-2218<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-257-7756<br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Co-operative Housing Federation of BC'''
| width="40%" | Information for people living in co-ops.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.bcca.coop/member/co-operative-housing-federation-bc www.bcca.coop/member/co-operative-housing-federation-bc]<br/>
Phone: (604) 879-5111 <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-866-879-5111<br/>
|}
 
== Government ==
{| class="wikitable"
 
|- valign=top
| width="20%" | '''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%" | Website: [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/]<br/>
Lower Mainland Phone: (604) 660-2421 <br/>
Victoria Phone:(250) 387-1602 <br/>
Phone toll free: 1-800-663-7867 <br/>
 
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Service BC(Government Agent)'''
| width="40%" | If there is no Residential Tenancy Branch office where you live, you can call or visit Service BC.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca/locations/]<br/>
Phone:(604) 660-2421 <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 ]<br/>
Phone: (604) 873-7398 or 311
|}
 
== Advocacy and referral services ==
 
===Lower Mainland:===
{| class="wikitable"
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''411'''
| width="40%" | Seniors center. Provides information and referrals to seniors
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.inspections.vcha.ca/]<br/>
Phone: (604) 736-2033 <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-866-884-0888 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Abbotsford Community Services- Legal Advocacy Office'''
| width="40%" | Information, referrals, and representation. Serving Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Mission.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.abbotsfordcommunityservices.com/index.cfm?method=pages.showPage&pageID=3e1f410e-d3e7-4f76-43e4-7a31c6ee3409 Abbotsford Legal Advocacy]<br/>
Abbotsford Phone: 604.859.7681 Local 207 <br/>
Chilliwack Phone: 604-792-8000 ext.231<br/>
Email: Kim.Kirkpatrick@AbbotsfordCommunityServices.com
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''BC Centre for Elderly Advocacy & Support'''
| width="40%" | Legal information and represenation for tenants 55 and over.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://bcceas.ca/ bcceas.ca]<br/>
Phone: (604) 437-1940, <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-866-437-1940 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre'''
| width="40%" | Drop-in centre and basic needs services; as well as mental health and legal advocacy, victim services and outreach services.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://dewc.ca/ dewc.ca]<br/>
Phone: (604) 681-8480, ext. 221 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''First United Church'''
| width="40%" | Advocates assist people in the Greater Vancouver area with a variety of issues including welfare, tenancy, EI, and disability.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://firstunited.ca/ firstunited.ca]<br/>
Phone: (604) 252-9504
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Law Students’ Legal Advice Program'''
| width="40%" | Legal advice and information in the Lower Mainland for people who can’t afford a lawyer.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.lslap.bc.ca/main/ www.lslap.bc.ca ]<br/>
Phone: (604) 822-5791
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | MOSAIC Legal Advocacy
| width="40%" | Information, summary advice, referrals, and representation to low-income immigrants and refugees.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.mosaicbc.com/settlement-services/general-support/legal-advocacy MOSAIC Legal Advocacy ]<br/>
Phone: (604)-629-0061
Email: legaladvocacy@mosaicbc.com
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''sources -Newton Advocacy Group Society'''
| width="40%" | Advocacy services including information, referrals, and representation. Serving Surrey residents.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://sourcesbc.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=177&Itemid=163 Sources BC ]<br/>
Phone: (604) 596-2311
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''North Shore Community Resources'''
| 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%" | Website: [http://www.nscr.bc.ca/information/legal.html www.nscr.bc.ca]<br/>
Phone: (604) 985-7138
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''SHARE Family and Community Services'''
| width="40%" | Information, referrals, and advice. Serving Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://sharesociety.ca/ sharesociety.ca]<br/>
Phone: (604)-937-6982
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Seniors Services Society'''
| width="40%" | Information on housing and benefits for seniors.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.seniorsservicessociety.ca/  seniorsservicessociety.ca]<br/>
Phone: (604) 520-6621
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Shiloh-Sixth Avenue United Church: Community Advocate'''
| width="40%" |
| width="40%" | Phone: (604) 522-3443 ext. 22
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''St. Paul’s Advocacy'''
| width="40%" | Provides information and advocacy on tenancy issues and welfare applications.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://stpaulsanglican.bc.ca/hospitality/st-pauls-advocacy-office] St. Paul's Advocacy<br/>
Phone: (604) 683-4287
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''The Kettle'''
| width="40%" | Provide assistance for people with mental health disabilities with a range of tenancy matters including representation at arbitration.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.thekettle.ca/ www.thekettle.ca]<br/>
Phone: (604) 253-0669
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Wilson Heights United Church Advocacy Office'''
| width="40%" | Provides community advocacy.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.whuc.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=3&Itemid=18 Wilson Heights Advocacy]<br/>
Phone: (604) 325-9944
|}
 
 
 
 
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Law Students’ Legal Advice Program'''
| width="40%" | Legal advice and
information in the Lower
Mainland for people who
can’t afford a lawyer.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.lslap.bc.ca/main/ www.lslap.bc.ca ]<br/>
Phone: 604) 822-5791
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Law Students’ Legal Advice Program'''
| width="40%" | Legal advice and
information in the Lower
Mainland for people who
can’t afford a lawyer.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.lslap.bc.ca/main/ www.lslap.bc.ca ]<br/>
Phone: 604) 822-5791
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Law Students’ Legal Advice Program'''
| width="40%" | Legal advice and
information in the Lower
Mainland for people who
can’t afford a lawyer.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.lslap.bc.ca/main/ www.lslap.bc.ca ]<br/>
Phone: 604) 822-5791
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Credit Counseling Society of BC'''
| width="40%" | Provides assistance with debt problems.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.nomoredebts.org www.nomoredebts.org]<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-888-527-8999<br/>
Email: info@nomoredebts.org
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Dial-A-Law'''
| 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%" | Website: [http://www.dialalaw.org www.dialalaw.org]<br/>
Phone: 604-687-4680 <br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-565-5297
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Lawyer Referral'''
| width="40%" | Offers advice and information from a lawyer for a fee of $25 plus taxes for the first 30 minutes.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.cba.org/bc/initiatives/main/lawyer_referral.aspx www.cba.org/bc/]<br/>
Phone: 604-687-3221 (Greater Vancouver)<br/>
Phone toll-free: 1-800-663-1919 from anywhere else in the province.
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''People's Law School'''
| width="40%" | View the online animations "You Owe Money" and "Someone Owes You Money". 
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.publiclegaled.bc.ca/ www.publiclegaled.bc.ca]; click on "Media" and then "Videos"
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Mediate BC'''
| width="40%" | Mediate BC specializes in a wide variety of dispute resolution tools and processes.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.mediatebc.com www.mediatebc.com]
|-
 
|- valign="top"
| width="20%" | '''Clicklaw'''
| width="40%" | An Internet portal for public legal information and education in British Columbia.
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca www.clicklaw.bc.ca]
 
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