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 […]
By: Emily Zarychta, Human Rights Clinic Lawyer, July 14, 2022
Housing is an essential part of our security and health, especially to those who have mental disabilities. People with mental disabilities are especially vulnerable to precarious housing and homelessness.[1]
Housing providers including landlords, co-ops, and […]
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 […]
May 10, 2022 by Emily Zarychta, Human Rights Clinic Lawyer
Smells can be very polarizing. Take the ‘king of the fruit’ – the durian – as an example. This much-loved fruit smells so pungent[1] that the fruits are banned from Singapore’s subway systems and […]
February 14th, 2022 by Emily Zarychta, Human Rights Clinic Advocate
This blog post is a follow-up to our July 13, 2020 post: No-Pet Clauses and Human Rights. Our Clinic continues to receive many questions about this issue, and there have been some developments in the […]
Renters have a right to be treated fairly, without discrimination, by their landlords.
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Laura Track, Human Rights Lawyer July 13, 2020
This blog post has been adapted and updated from an article originally published in the Fall, 2018 edition of Landlord BC’s magazine The Key.
Landlords play an important role in protecting human rights by providing discrimination-free housing and […]
Community Legal Assistance Society has recently published a press release on the critical issue of halting evictions as part of government’s response to COVID-19.
“We would like to see and help government facilitate a complete moratorium on all evictions effective immediately, much […]
By Laura Track
Here at the BC Human Rights Clinic, we see many human rights complaints involving stratas. They are among the most difficult cases to deal with and resolve. They can pit neighbour against neighbour, involve massive amounts of stress and acrimony, and cause the […]
