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=A. Legislation and Regulations= | ==A. Legislation and Regulations== | ||
''Residential Tenancy Act'', SBC 2002, c 78 [RTA]. | ''Residential Tenancy Act'', SBC 2002, c 78 [RTA]. | ||
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''The Residential Tenancy Act'', SBC 2002, c 78 [RTA] and'' Residential Tenancy Regulation'' [RTR], BC Reg 477/2003 as well as the rules of procedure are amended occasionally; check the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) website (http://www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant) to get the most up to date information. | ''The Residential Tenancy Act'', SBC 2002, c 78 [RTA] and'' Residential Tenancy Regulation'' [RTR], BC Reg 477/2003 as well as the rules of procedure are amended occasionally; check the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) website (http://www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant) to get the most up to date information. | ||
=B. Resources and Policy Guidelines= | ==B. Resources and Policy Guidelines== | ||
=== TRAC Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre === | |||
Provides a variety of publications relating to tenant law, including the Tenant Survival Guide (also available online as a wikibook, via the Clicklaw website: wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Tenant_Survival_Guide) Other print materials are available in the following 19 languages: English, French, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Filipino, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Oromo, Portuguese, Punjabi, Persian, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, and Vietnamese. | Provides a variety of publications relating to tenant law, including the Tenant Survival Guide (also available online as a wikibook, via the Clicklaw website: http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Tenant_Survival_Guide) Other print materials are available in the following 19 languages: English, French, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Filipino, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Oromo, Portuguese, Punjabi, Persian, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, and Vietnamese. | ||
{{ResourcesLSLAP_online | {{ResourcesLSLAP_online | ||
| online = http://www.tenants.bc.ca | | online = http://www.tenants.bc.ca | ||
}} | }} | ||
=== Residential Tenancy Branch === | |||
'''Main Office''' | |||
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| address = 400 - 5021 Kingsway <br/> | |||
Burnaby, B.C. V5H 4A5 <br/> | |||
Office Hours: M-F 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | |||
| online = [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca Website] | |||
}} | |||
'''Information line''' | |||
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| phone = Metro Vancouver 604-660-1020 <br/> | |||
Victoria 250-387-1602 <br/> | |||
Elsewhere in BC 1-800-665-8779 <br/> | |||
Fax: 604-660-2363 | |||
| online = E-mail: HSRTO@gov.bc.ca | |||
}} | |||
'''Downtown Satellite Office''' | |||
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| address = 520 Richards Street<br/> | |||
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3A2<br/> | |||
Office Hours: M-F 9:00 am – 11:30 am<br/> | |||
(closed on the last Tuesday of every month) | |||
}} | |||
'''Downtown Eastside Satellite Office''' | |||
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| address = Four Corners<br/> | |||
390 Main Street<br/> | |||
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 2T1<br/> | |||
Office Hours: M-F 12:30 pm - 4:00pm | |||
}} | |||
'''NOTE:''' The main office in Burnaby is a full service office. The Richards Street and Downtown Eastside are satellite offices and do not handle money. Dispute applications can only be filed there by low income applicants who are eligible for a fee waiver. Those offices are staffed with information officers. | |||
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Fax Toll-Free: 1-877-382-6006 | Fax Toll-Free: 1-877-382-6006 | ||
=C. Books= | ==C. Books== | ||
Margaret Carter-Pyne, ''Residential Tenancy Law in British Columbia: Everything you need to know to prevent a disaster'' (Victoria, BC: Sunnymead Publishing, 2009). | Margaret Carter-Pyne, ''Residential Tenancy Law in British Columbia: Everything you need to know to prevent a disaster'' (Victoria, BC: Sunnymead Publishing, 2009). | ||