B.C. renters taking a wait-and-see approach to home ownership: report
The 2025 Royal LePage Canadian Renters Report found that more than half of B.C. renters say they plan to buy a property in the future.
#realestate #housing #renting #BC #Economy #BCHomeOwnership
https://globalnews.ca/news/11249718/bc-renters-wait-and-see-approach-home-ownership-report/
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EDIT: Landlord responded by kicking us out (refusing to renew the lease even after having already offered to renew it). So be careful if you try this at home.
Gonna send this email to landlord, please copy, adjust and send to yours as well:
Hello,
I am writing to make some ground rules known, to be followed from here on out.
I will not be taking phone or voicecalls, as you have made it clear that I need everything in writing. You have not kept your word in the past. I expect that to change.
I will not be answering the same questions over and over again. If I have gone to the trouble of informing you of issues or even provided pictures and videos, I expect you to refer back to my email or text before asking me to provide the same information again. You can ask for clarifications if needed.
Unless specified otherwise, I give permission for you to share the information I have given you whith the relevant people needed to adress the issue, for example repair people, contractors, plumbers, chimney sweep. In fact you need to let them know what their tasks will be and make sure they come prepared, equipped and with enough human power and time to safely complete the necessary tasks.
I am not your slave driver. If a contractor arrives again unprepared and underequipped for the work at hand, I will not ask them to endanger their health by doing the task anyway.
You need to give me a reasonable amount of time to answer your questions before restating them. If a matter is not urgent, I may take a full work day to respond. If the matter is trivial, I may take two weeks. If I cannot give an answer yet, I will wait until I can actually answer your question (for example: "Was the problem fixed?" can only be answered after the contractor has had time to fix it).
I am willing to keep you up to date on the issues with the property, but you also need to fulfil your duties as owner and landlord. I am not going to go out of my way to do your work for you.
I also need you to give me the relevant information I need in order to fulfill my own duties as tenant. It would have been useful to get the contact information or at least company names of the usual services (trash collection, septic tank emptying, chimney sweep). I did ask about these upon moving in.
- [same name as on lease]
#alab #renting #tenant #TenantOrganizing #TenantOrganiser #TenantsUnion #landlord #landlord_is_not_a_job #template #resources
Building our way out of social housing unaffordability may no longer be possible | Hal Pawson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/17/building-our-way-out-of-social-housing-unaffordability-may-no-longer-be-possible #Australianeconomy #Australianews #Housing #Renting
This is how much more single people pay to live alone in London
June's branch meeting is coming up!
Map reveals the cheapest London station to live near — where rents are £835 less than average
Blog >> Tired of Dead-End Rental Inquiries That Go Nowhere? So Are We
https://blog.mtxvp.com/tired-dead-end-rental-inquiries-mvp/?m
#canada #ontario #landlord #tenant #renting #lease #tenantfit
Nearly half of landlords plan to raise rents by £888 this year
Blog >> Tired of Dead-End Rental Inquiries That Go Nowhere? So Are We
https://blog.mtxvp.com/tired-dead-end-rental-inquiries-mvp/?m
#canada #ontario #landlord #tenant #renting #lease
Blacklisting tenants ought to be illegal! How about we do something about slumlords, eh.
This Quebec tenant won three cases at the #TAL. Now landlords won’t rent to him. https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/this-quebec-tenant-won-three-cases-at-the-tal-now-landlords-wont-rent-to-him/ #polMTL #MTLpoli #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #housing #renting
Six things you should check when viewing a house for the first time
USPS sucks.
I sent a notice to vacate via certified mail with a request for physical signature upon delivery. One day, the USPS truck had the letter out for delivery and drove past without attempting to deliver.
Another, they dropped it off in the mailbox without attempting to get a signature or updating tracking. The tenant has the letter (I have access to the security camera) but I have no "proof" of it.
Come talk to public housing residents with us! 11am this Sunday, in Inglewood.
#Boorloo #perth #westernAustralia #rentersRights #renting #publicHousing #PublicHousingForAll #defendPublicHousing
Looking at dad's bills, his house was burning 300 USD in electricity per month. Dad is gone to work most of the time. His primary activities are gardening and getting scamed on his low poer computer. I thought this could be primarily attributed to his roommate. This was confirmed.
The roommate setup a 1,500 Watt space heater under the deck for stray cats. Using an amp meter, I found that the roommate's room always uses at least a kilowatt of energy.
I swapped London renting for a £21,000 narrowboat — it’s a life of extreme highs and lows
The ‘trendy’ suburb Londoners are flocking to — while it’s still affordable
I just signed the petition “Introduce caps on how much landlords can raise rent: Protect struggling families like mine” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.
Our goal is to reach 50,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:
Thanks!
Jules
#petition #rent #renting #FairRent #Rentcontrols #rentcap
A nice woman rented my room – then I discovered her boyfriend’s identity
How fed up Londoners dealt with the rental crisis in the 1930s
The cheapest TfL station to live near revealed — where rents cost £1,400
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