After a five-year legal process, a client of CLAS’s Human Rights Clinic obtained a significant decision from the BC Human Rights Tribunal in January 2026. The Tribunal awarded $60,000 in compensation for injury to dignity, along with more than $30,000 […]
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July 11, 2025
Unceded territories of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations – The Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) and Together Against Poverty (TAPS) are sounding the alarm over
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May 26, 2025
Legal Advocates Warn Against Calls to Strip Supportive Housing Tenants of Rights
Unceded territories of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations – The Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) is raising serious concerns over renewed calls […]
Vancouver, B.C., January 19, 2024
Yesterday, the provincial government announced that supportive housing providers would be exempt from certain provisions of the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) that previously restricted their ability to impose guest restrictions and enter tenants’ suites […]
On July 27, 2023, the B.C. Supreme Court released a decision that sets limits on Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) arbitrators’ abilities to pressure tenants to accept settlements during arbitration hearings.
The decision in Shaikh v. Brar, 2023 BCSC 1285 will […]
By Maud Rozee, Lawyer Community Law Program
This post continues our residential tenancy law update by summarizing three RTB judicial review decisions released in January 2023 – one in which a tenant succeeded in obtaining an interim stay, and two others in […]
By Jonathan Blair, Lawyer, Community Law Program
As the affordability crisis continues to grow in British Columbia, more tenants are fighting eviction notices, as the consequences of losing their housing in the current market could be disastrous. This has meant that more […]
In this series, we build on the foundations of our “Intro to Judicial Review” series to learn more about the issues arise in judicial reviews.
Please note, this guide does not constitute legal advice and should not be […]
In this series, we build on the foundations of our “Intro to Judicial Review” series to learn more about the issues arise in judicial reviews.
Please note, this guide does not constitute legal advice and should not be […]
