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PoCo moves on rental renovictions Restrictions are set to be enacted to protect renters Janis Cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com
Tenants of Port Coquitlam rental homes will be able to return to their renovated suites and still pay the same price as when they left if city council approves a proposed policy. That’s the thrust of the policy, which is scheduled to go before PoCo council next Tuesday. The draft business bylaw amendment, which received three readings last week, comes in response to the city’s first “renoviction,” a mass eviction of tenants by a landlord wanting to renovate a building and increase rents. Renovictions have become commonplace around the Lower Mainland — notably, in Vancouver and New Westminster — in recent years, leaving thousands of tenants scrambling to find
The Bradbeer family — Grace, Dylan, Adam and Jordan — enjoy a treat in the late-winter sunshine Monday at Rocky Point Ice Cream in Port Moody. As of yesterday, it is spring and this week boasted a number of temperature records in British Columbia. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO
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alternate accommodations. At the 51-year-old Bonnie Brae Apartments located at 1955 Western Dr. in PoCo’s Mary Hill neighbourhood, most of the 100 tenants are now appealing their evictions, which are due to start June 30. Many are on fixed incomes and a few have lived in their units for nearly 30 years, said a spokesperson who declined to be named. Tuesday, Mayor Brad West told The Tri-City News that kicking renters out, then doubling the rent after improvements are made is “immoral. That’s not how we treat people and we’re not going to allow it.” Under the proposal, rental apartment businesses with five or more units that plan to make repairs or renovations will have to provide interim accommodations. And after the construction project is done, there can’t be a hike in rent (landlords also have the option to relocate displaced tenants to a comparable unit). see
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