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Originally Posted by chowhou
Everything I've read suggests that Manitoba's rent control is in most ways much more limited than BC's. BC's is by no means limited, when you have sub-inflationary rent increases, you have enforced rent reductions. BC thankfully does not have vacancy control, but we do have strong rent control
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Everything I've read says Manitoba's rent controls are stronger for the majority of rental tenancies. Not only did they have 0% rent increase in 2022, but it's also
0% in 2023. And they have no rent increase between tenancies, while we clearly don't. Maybe that's an incentive for landlords to evict tenants? That could explain the higher rate of evictions. Obviously the solution would be to introduce 'vacancy control'. I believe New Westminster has already introduced it, and Vancouver is attempting to apply it to SRO units.
As for getting rid of rent control, no political party at provincial level that's likely to form government agrees, (including Kevin Falcon as BC Liberal leader). Not long ago they proposed tightening the rules to prevent landlords circumventing them through renovictions. So it look like you're own your own there.