Blog - Vancouver Tenants Union

Hastings Sunrise Chapter - First Meeting

Feb 04, 2019

One Tuesday Jan 29th, Hastings Sunrise tenants met to initiate a VTU local chapter in this renter-heavy neighbourhood. Continue reading

January 2019 General Meeting

Jan 28, 2019

Here's what happened at our General Meeting on January 19, 2019... Continue reading

Analysis: Rental Housing Task Force Recommendations

Jan 06, 2019

The 2018 Rental Housing Task Force (RHTF) was meant to “advise on how to improve security and fairness for renters and rental housing providers throughout the province." However, from its outset the consultation process did not take into account the inherent power imbalances between landlords and renters. Continue reading

Tenants and Advocates from across BC Urge Province to Implement Vacancy Control

Dec 12, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2018 Today the BC Rental Housing Task Force announced its recommendations after consulting with tenants province wide. The following groups are extremely concerned that vacancy control, the policy of limiting rent increases between tenancies, is not one of the recommendations put forward by the task force. Continue reading

Partial Victory to Ban Renovictions in Vancouver

Dec 06, 2018

On December 4th Vancouver city council voted unanimously in favor of an amended motion to ban renovictions. It is a partial victory, but a victory nonetheless. Continue reading

Standing up to Serial Renovictors: VS Rentals

Dec 01, 2018

Earlier this year, VTU's Outreach and Advocacy Team (OAT) discovered that a company that was carrying out mass renovictions of entire apartment buildings across the Lower Mainland... Continue reading

Real Rent Control Now: Letter to the BC Rental Housing Task Force

Nov 28, 2018

In light of certain statements made this week in the media, The Vancouver Tenants Union (VTU) thought it necessary to reiterate that the implementation of Vacancy Control —tying rent control to a unit, instead of a tenant— is the most critical improvement that can be made to the Residential Tenancy Act at this time to protect tenants. Continue reading