No one should ever have to feel like they are at risk of eviction because of the high housing prices, unfortunately that is a reality in Okanagan for many. Landlords are constantly turning into scammers like a hurricane passing, they take and take.
Yes, I do realize they charge rent, however, landlords have started to charge more and more to tenants that already live in their building. Our specific landlord, has charged us more money without so much as a first notice. The original agreement was to pay $1,200 per month, although, the third month of which we resided in this location, he had raised it to $1,250 per a month without notifying us. This happened again, not once, but twice. By 2017, he had raised the rent to $1,350 without giving us notice.
This man has also entered the rental unit without permission of the tenants. Although, this isn't the first time he has done his. In British Columbia's Residential Tenancy act, sections 2-4, number 29. (Landlord's right to enter rental unit restricted.) It states that a landlord mustn't enter a rental until unless,
A- The tenant gives permission at time of entry or no more than thirty days before entry.
At least 24 hours and not more than 30 days before the entry, the landlord gives the tenant written notice that includes the following information:
(i) The purpose for entering, which must be reasonable.
(ii) The date and the time of the entry, which must be between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. unless the tenant otherwise agrees.
C- The landlord provides housekeeping or related services under the terms of a written tenancy agreement and the entry is for that purpose and in accordance with those terms.
D- the landlord has an order of the director authorizing the entry;
E- The tenant has abandoned the rental unit.
F- an emergency exists and the entry is necessary to protect life or property
My mother, of whom is a tenant of this man, had not given him permission to enter the until, she specifically mentioned to him that she would meet him outside the apartment after she has picked me up from school. He had done this another time, walking in on a minor who lived in the apartment next to us. He was then after, removed from his teaching career at a local school after the mother of the young girl reported him. He then asked her to take back the changes, of which she reasonably refused.
Another dreadful thing of which our landlord has done, was to be as lazy as to push aside the obligation of rekeying the locks once an old tenant has moved out. Under British Columbia's Residential Tenancy act, part two, division three, number twenty five.
25 (1) At the request of a tenant at the start of a new tenancy, the landlord must
(a) rekey or otherwise alter the locks so that keys or other means of access given to the previous tenant do not give access to the rental unit, and
(b) pay all costs associated with the changes under paragraph (a).
(2) If the landlord already complied with subsection (1) (a) and (b) at the end of the previous tenancy, the landlord need not do so again.
Throughout the three years we have resided in this apartment, we have had our share of immature neighbors. A particular group of tenants caused so much trouble that we have experienced things such as knife fights and the police showing up more than once a week, after six long months, they were finally evicted, however, he did not change the locks of the doors, worrying us all greatly for our safety.
On the note on constant disruptions, part two, division four, number twenty eight.
28 A tenant is entitled to quiet enjoyment including, but not limited to, rights to the following:
