[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A landlord may choose to end a tenancy for one or more of a number of different reasons and following a number of different methods, as described below. In doing so, they must diligently adhere to the rules since an unlawful eviction by the landlord, if disputed, will be set [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If a tenant fails to pay rent on the day that it is due, then any day after that day, the landlord may issue a Ten-day Notice to End Tenancy. Within 5 days of receiving the landlord’s notice, the tenant may either pay the overdue rent or make an Application [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A landlord may choose to issue a One-Month Notice to End Tenancy in any of the following circumstances: A tenant failed to pay the security deposit or the pet damage deposit within 30 days of the date that it was required to be paid under the tenancy agreement; A tenant [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A landlord may end the tenancy of a person employed as a live-in caretaker, manager or superintendent of a residential property provided that the following three conditions are met: The rental unit was rented or provided to the tenant for the term of his or her employment; The tenant’s employment [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A landlord may issue a Two-Month Notice to End Tenancy if the landlord wishes to regain possession of the rental unit, in good faith, for the landlord’s own occupancy or for occupancy by one or more of the landlord’s close family members. The term “close family member” includes the landlord’s [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A landlord may issue a Two-Month Notice to End Tenancy if the landlord is selling the rental unit and the purchaser or a close family member of the purchaser intends, in good faith, to occupy the rental unit. The term “close family member” includes the purchaser’s parents, spouse and children [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A landlord may issue a Two-Month Notice to End Tenancy if the landlord wishes to regain possession of the rental unit, in good faith, for any of the following purposes: demolish the rental unit; renovate or repair the rental unit in a manner that requires the rental unit be vacant; [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A landlord that rents a subsidized rental unit may issue a Two-Month Notice to End Tenancy (see below) if the tenant or another occupant ceases to meet the qualifying criteria for the rental unit. Before issuing such notice, the following two conditions have to be met: the tenancy agreement must explicitly [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Certain situations may require the landlord to act more immediately to evict a tenant from the rental unit than otherwise possible by way of a one-month notice. In urgent cases, instead of issuing a one-month notice, the landlord may make an application to the Residential Tenancy Branch to seek an [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Residential Tenancy Act (the Act) provides that a tenancy ends if the tenant vacates or abandons the rental unit. In short, the fact that the tenant is absent from the rental unit for a prolonged period of time does not, on its own, allow the landlord to consider the [...]
