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Age Discrimination in Housing – What’s Legal, What’s Not
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Age Discrimination in Housing – What’s Legal, What’s Not

By Laura Track, Human Rights Clinic Lawyer, January 2023

Recently, the provincial government made changes to BC’s Strata Property Act. The amendments remove stratas’ ability to prevent or limit rentals (section 141). They also limit stratas’ ability to set age restrictions (sections 123.1 and […]

CLAS Communications2024-01-30T14:18:01-08:00January 19, 2023|Tags: age, discrimination, family status, housing, human rights, strata, tenancy|

Human Rights in Heat Waves
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Human Rights in Heat Waves

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Human Rights in Heat Waves

By Emily Zarychta and Laura Track, Human Rights Clinic Lawyers, June 16, 2022

Climate change is an increasing risk to human health. The heat dome that swept across BC in June, 2021 saw temperatures soar to a record-breaking 49.6°C in some parts of the province. A […]

CLAS Communications2024-01-30T14:21:04-08:00June 16, 2022|Tags: age, co-op, disability, duty to accommodate, housing, human rights, strata, tenancy|