Chelsea Langlois told Global News she had to move her family of four out of their rental home in Langford when she was notified it would be torn down for development.
Renoviction should involve some sort of lien, discharged when proof of renovations, sufficiently disruptive to need vacancy, are available. If the landlord can’t prove they did that kind of work in say, 3 years, then they automatically owe the tenant as if it were a bad faith renoviction. Because, cmon, if they didn’t do the work they had to kick you out to do, in three whole years, they evicted you in bad faith.
Renoviction should involve some sort of lien, discharged when proof of renovations, sufficiently disruptive to need vacancy, are available. If the landlord can’t prove they did that kind of work in say, 3 years, then they automatically owe the tenant as if it were a bad faith renoviction. Because, cmon, if they didn’t do the work they had to kick you out to do, in three whole years, they evicted you in bad faith.