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==Government==
|owner=TRAC
 
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{| class="wikitable"
|replacement_title=TRAC Resources
 
|replacement_url=https://tenants.bc.ca/resources
|- valign=top
| width="40%" | '''BC Human Rights Tribunal'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/ www.bchrt.bc.ca]<br/>
604 775-2000 <br/>
1-888 440-8844 <br/>
 
|- valign=top
| width="40%" | '''BC Housing'''
| width="40%" |[http://www.bchousing.org/ www.bchousing.org]<br/>
604-433-1711<br/>
1-866-465-6873<br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.oipc.bc.ca/ http://www.oipc.bc.ca]<br/>
604-879-5111 <br/>
1-866-879-5111<br/>
 
|- valign=top
| width="40%" | '''Residential Tenancy Branch'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant]<br/>
604-660-2421 <br/>
1-800-665-8779 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Service BC'''
| width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=FD6DB5BA2A5248038EEF54D9F9F37C4D Office Locations]<br/>
604-660-2421 <br/>
1-800-663-7867 <br/>
 
|}
 
==Tenant services==
 
===Lower Mainland===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''411 Seniors Centre Society (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://411seniors.bc.ca/ 411seniors.bc.ca]<br/>
604-736-2033 <br/>
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"
| width="40%" | '''Community Legal Assistance Society (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.clasbc.net/ www.clasbc.net]<br/>
604-685-3425 <br/>
1-888-685-6222 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Cythera Transition House Society (Maple Ridge)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.cythera.ca/ www.cythera.ca]<br/>
604-685-3425 <br/>
1-888-685-6222 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://dewc.ca/ www.dewc.ca]<br/>
604-681-8480 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''First United Church Vancouver'''
| width="40%" | [https://firstunited.ca/ www.firstunited.ca]<br/>
604-681-8365 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Jewish Family Service Agency (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.jfsa.ca/ www.jfsa.ca]<br/>
604-257-5151 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Justice Access Centre (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=5D8A8D56105244199C0DB0B3E41D672A Website]<br/>
604-660-2084 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Justice Access Centre (Victoria)'''
| width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=C3E4C29EB8834FF498053D03EF3EE205 Website]<br/>
250-356-7012 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Keys: Housing and Health Solutions (Surrey)'''
| width="40%" | 604-822-5791 <br/>
 
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Law Students’ Legal Advice Program'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.lslap.bc.ca/ www.lslap.bc.ca]<br/>
604-822-5791 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.comservice.bc.ca/ www.comservice.bc.ca]<br/>
604-467-6911 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.mosaicbc.com/settlement-services/general-support/legal-advocacy MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program]<br/>
604-254-9626 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''North Shore Community Resources'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.nscr.bc.ca/ www.nscr.bc.ca]<br/>
604-985-7138 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''North Shore Multicultural Society'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.nsms.ca/ www.nsms.ca]<br/>
604-988-2931 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Options Community Services Society (Surrey)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.options.bc.ca/ www.options.bc.ca]<br/>
604-584-5811 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''SHARE Family & Community Services (Coquitlam)'''
| width="40%" | [http://sharesociety.ca/ www.sharesociety.ca]<br/>
604-540-9161 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Seniors Services Society (New Westminster)'''
| width="40%" | [http://sharesociety.ca/ www.sharesociety.ca]<br/>
604-520-6621 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Sources Newton Resource Centre (Surrey)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.sourcesbc.ca/ www.sourcesbc.ca]<br/>
604-596-2311 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''St. Paul’s Advocacy (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [https://stpaulsanglican.bc.ca/site1/outreach-2/advocacy-outreach/ Advocacy Office]<br/>
604-683-4287 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.tenants.bc.ca/ www.tenants.bc.ca]<br/>
604-255-0546 <br/>
1-800-665-1185 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''The Kettle (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.thekettle.ca/ www.thekettle.ca]<br/>
604-251-2801 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Vancouver Tenants Union '''
| width="40%" | [https://www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca/ www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca]<br/>
 
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Wilson Heights United Church (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [https://www.whuc.net/advocacy-program www.whuc.net/advocacy-program]<br/>
604-325-9944 <br/>
 
|}
 
===Vancouver Island===
 
{| class="wikitable"
|- 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"
| width="40%" | '''Together Against Poverty Society (Victoria)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.tapsbc.ca/ www.tapsbc.ca]<br/>
250-361-3521 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''University of British Columbia Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (Vancouver)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.allard.ubc.ca/iclc/indigenous-community-legal-clinic Website]<br/>
604-684-7334 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''University of Victoria Law Centre'''
| width="40%" | [https://www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre/ www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre]<br/>
250-385-1221 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Victoria Native Friendship Centre'''
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.vnfc.ca/ www.vnfc.ca]<br/>
250-384-3211 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Wachiay Friendship Centre (Courtenay)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.wachiay.org/ www.wachiay.org]<br/>
250-338-7793 <br/>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''West Coast Community Resources (Ucluelet)'''
| width="40%" | [http://wccrs.ca/ www.wccrs.ca]<br/>
250-726-2343 <br/>
1-877-726-2080 <br/>
 
|}
 
===Other Parts of BC===
 
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Active Support Against Poverty (Prince George)'''
| width="40%" | 250-563-5531 <br>
1-877-563-6112
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Bella Coola / Mid-Coast Legal Advocacy Program'''
| width="40%" | [https://www.facebook.com/BCLegalAdvocates/ www.facebook.com/BCLegalAdvocates]<br/>
250-799-0044 <br>
1-877-499-0044 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Cariboo Friendship Society (Williams Lake)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.cariboofriendshipsociety.ca/ www.cariboofriendshipsociety.ca]<br/>
250-398-6831 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Columbia / Kootenay Advocacy and Education Resource Society'''
| width="40%" | [http://ckaers.wikifoundry.com/ www.ckaers.wikifoundry.com]<br/>
250-837-4779 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Community Connections (Revelstoke)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.community-connections.ca/ www.community-connections.ca]<br/>
250-837-2920 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Elizabeth Fry Society (Kamloops)'''
| width="40%" | [https://www.kamloopsefry.com/ www.kamloopsefry.com]<br/>
250-374-2119 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Fort St. John Women's Resource Society'''
| width="40%" | [https://www.fsjwrs.ca/ www.fsjwrs.ca]<br/>
250-787-1121 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Living Positive Resource Centre (Kelowna)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.lprc.ca/ www.lprc.ca]<br/>
778-753-5830 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''New Horizon Centre (Port Alberni)'''
| width="40%" | [http://portalberni.cmha.bc.ca/ www.portalberni.cmha.bc.ca]<br/>
250-724-7137 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Nicola Valley Advocacy Centre (Merritt)'''
| width="40%" | 250-378-9632 <br>
 
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''North Cariboo Metis Association (Quesnel)'''
| width="40%" | 250-992-9722 <br>
 
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Northern Rockies Aboriginal Women Society (Fort Nelson)'''
| width="40%" | [https://www.nraws.org/ www.nraws.org]<br/>
250-233-8920 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Okanagan Advocacy and Resource Society (Kelowna)'''
| width="40%" | 250-979-0201 <br>
 
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Opportunities Advocacy Services (Campbell River)'''
| width="40%" | 250-286-3436 <br>
 
 
|- valign="top"
| 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>
 
 
|- valign="top"
| 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"
| width="40%" | '''Vernon & District Women's Centre Society'''
| width="40%" | 250 542-3555 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Vernon Women's Transition House Society'''
| width="40%" | [http://vwts.ca/ www.vwts.ca]<br/>
250-542-1122 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Women's Contact Society (Williams Lake)'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.womenscontact.org/ www.womenscontact.org]<br/>
250-392-4118 <br>
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''YMCA Munroe House Vancouver'''
| width="40%" | [https://ywcavan.org/programs/affordable-housing Website]<br/>
604-895-5800 <br>
 
|}
 
==Online resources==
 
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''Clicklaw'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca www.clicklaw.bc.ca]
 
|- valign="top"
| width="40%" | '''PovNet'''
| width="40%" | [http://www.povnet.org/ www.povnet.org]
|}
 
 
 
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