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According to [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01#section49 sections 49] and [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01#section49.1 49.1] of the ''Residential Tenancy Act (RTA)'', you may receive a Two Month Eviction Notice if:
According to [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01#section49 sections 49] and [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_02078_01#section49.1 49.1] of the ''Residential Tenancy Act (RTA)'', you may receive a Two Month Eviction Notice if:
* your landlord, or a “close family member” of your landlord, wants to occupy your rental unit;
* your landlord, or a “close family member” of your landlord, wants to occupy your rental unit
* your rental unit was sold and the purchaser, or a “close family member” of the purchaser, wants to occupy your rental unit; or
**Exception: landlords are prohibited from giving this type of eviction notice in rental buildings (not including strata-buildings) with five or more units
* you no longer qualify for your subsidized rental unit.
* your rental unit was sold and the purchaser, or a “close family member” of the purchaser, wants to occupy your rental unit
** Exception: landlords are prohibited from giving this type of eviction notice in rental buildings (not including strata-buildings) with five or more units
* you no longer qualify for your subsidized rental unit


'''“Close family member”:''' The ''RTA'' defines a “close family member” as the landlord’s spouse, or the parents or children of the landlord or the landlord’s spouse.
'''“Close family member”:''' The ''RTA'' defines a “close family member” as the landlord’s spouse, or the parents or children of the landlord or the landlord’s spouse.