renters

by DANIEL JOHNSTON When Vancouver artist Rynn Sparrow moved into a two-bedroom basement suite without a lease in February 2023, they immediately started having issues when their new roommate neglected to pay rent.  “He was a nightmare…

By ANNABEL BESSEM and ALYSSA GLENN An international student from Nigeria who was evicted from his Vancouver home a few months ago is skeptical about the federal government’s proposal to tie credit scores to rent payments. Both the federal…

By Virender Singh In New Westminster, where the local government has taken a leading role in protecting tenants, advocates say bad landlords have found a new tactic to unfairly remove renters from their homes. Back in 2019, when…

New Westminster residents are going to get the right to ask the city for speed humps on their streets – but only if they are homeowners, unless some councillors are successful in getting that changed at the next city council meeting.