Thread by @YVRTenantsUnion

The election's over but the fight continues: we're launching a new campaign to bring REAL RENT CONTROL back to BC!

With real rent control landlords couldn't raise rents when tenants move out - a simple fix that would fight rising costs and renovictions!
bit.ly/2NXgQwv

Currently, BC has a form of rent control that allows landlords to raise rents 2.5% every year. But they can also raise rent as much as they want when you move out or are evicted. This drives up rents and encourages landlords to evict and renovict tenants! bit.ly/2q7gDgL

To protect renters, we need to pair this existing rent control measure with REAL RENT CONTROL (also called vacancy control).

Our tenant-powered campaign is calling on the provincial government and the @bcndp to amend the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) to include vacancy control.

There are 4 main reasons to support #realrentcontrolbc
1. REAL SECURITY: stop evictions and renovictions
#vanpoli #bcpoli

2. REAL AFFORDABILITY: stop out-of-control rent hikes and protect affordable units
#vanpoli #bcpoli

3. REAL POVERTY REDUCTION: keep welfare and wages in the pockets of low-income people, not landlords.
#vanpoli #bcpoli

4. REAL SIMPLE SOLUTION: we had real rent control (vacancy control) in BC before and it currently exists in Quebec, Manitoba, and PEI. We can do this!
#vanpoli #bcpoli

Join our campaign to tell the @bcndp government that we're SICK of renovictions, hollowed-out neighbourhoods, and watching affordable housing vanish when people move out. We need REAL RENT CONTROL in BC now!
#vanpoli #bcpoli
@ccpa @RaisetheRates @PovReductionBC @LWforfamilies

To support our campaign you can:
-spread the word!
-send us your stories! realrentcontrolbc AT gmail
-help us connect to allies across BC
-tell your MLA you support vacancy control/real rent control
-volunteer: bit.ly/2Jd57t5
-sign the petition! bit.ly/2NXgQwv

@jjhorgan @ShaneLSimpson @kennedystewart @swanson4council @christineeboyle