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Formation | September 7, 2018 | ||
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Type | non-governmental organisation | ||
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Membership | more than 2000 members across BC |
The Vancouver Tenants Union is a non-governmental organisation advocating for tenants' rights and defending tenants' interests in British Columbia, Canada.[1]
The Vancouver Tenants Union represents more than 2000 members across BC, and seeks to build a strong base of tenants throughout the province to establish political power and create positive change for local residents.[2][3]
On September 7, 2018, the government announced that, based on the consumer price index and the formula used for rent increases, the maximum annual allowable rent increase for 2019 would be 4.5 per cent.[4] VTU members and renters attended a standing-room-only VTU General Meeting on September the 8th to, ready to mobilize and dispute the rent increase as rising rents had outpace wages and inflation since the start of the Vancouver housing crisis.[5][6][7]
On September 13th The Vancouver Tenants Union held a rousing rally outside the downtown Vancouver office of Landlord BC - a lobby group arguing in favor of the automatic annual increases.[8]
As a result of tenants mobilization[8] and organization throughout British-Columbia, the provincial government reduced the maximum allowable rent increase from 4.5% to 2.5%.[9][10][11]
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