Anonymous

Difference between revisions of "Repairs and Services When Renting"

From Clicklaw Wikibooks
Line 99: Line 99:
If your landlord reduces or restricts a non-essential service or facility without providing 30 days written notice and a rent reduction, do not withhold rent. Instead, you will have to resolve the problem by writing your landlord and explaining the law, or applying for dispute resolution for an order that they comply with your tenancy agreement.
If your landlord reduces or restricts a non-essential service or facility without providing 30 days written notice and a rent reduction, do not withhold rent. Instead, you will have to resolve the problem by writing your landlord and explaining the law, or applying for dispute resolution for an order that they comply with your tenancy agreement.


==Legislation and links==


===Legislation===


*''[[Residential Tenancy Act]]''
{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre]], 2018}}
*''[[Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act]]''
 
===Links===
 
*[[Residential Tenancy Branch]]
*RTB Policy Guideline 1 - [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/GL01.pdf Landlord & Tenant - Responsibility for Residential Premises]
*RTB Policy Guideline 21 - [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/GL21.pdf Repair Orders Respecting Strata Properties]
*RTB Policy Guideline 22 - [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/GL22.pdf Termination or Restriction of a Service or Facility]
*RTB Policy Guideline 40 - [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/GL40.pdf Useful Life of Building Elements]
 
===Resources and forms===
 
*TRAC Template Demand Letters - [http://tenants.bc.ca/template-letters/ Request for Repairs, and Restricting Heat (Essential Service)]
*RTB [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/RTB-24.pdf Notice Terminating or Restricting a Service or Facility]
 
{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre]], 2012}}
{{Tenant Survival Guide Navbox}}
{{Tenant Survival Guide Navbox}}