If a lessor offers a tenant an extension of a temporary lease agreement, the tenant must sign the extension and return it to the lessor at least 2 months before the expiry of the term. If the tenant does not do so, the rental agreement is considered terminated with effect from the end of the term. Tenants cannot give a deadline to move during a fixed-term lease, but they can assign or sublet their lease to another person authorized by the lessor. A lessor can only legally terminate a rental agreement for specific and valid reasons defined by local law and cannot do so simply because the duration of the rental has expired. Termination by the lessor (buyer or lessor intends to move to a rental unit) (Form 11A) (New – valid from 1. March 2013) A landlord must use this form if they terminate a lease agreement because they intend to move into the unit. No, but if the lease is in writing, both the tenant and the lessor are obliged to sign it and the lessor must give the tenant a copy of the lease within 21 days of signing the lease. If a landlord asks a tenant for a guarantor, the lease must be in writing. Rental contracts that include rental services must also be in writing.

Tenants who have not obtained a copy of the lease have the right to contact the Residential Tenancies Branch, which will order the lessor to give the tenant a copy of the contract as soon as possible. A landlord is legally required to transfer deposits or excess rent to the branch if they cannot return them directly to the tenant for any reason. Tenants will then be able to ask the province for the money they are owed. Termination by the lessor for non-payment of rent (for all residential rental contracts, with the exception of rentals that benefit from a mobile home, a mobile home or both (form 8) A lessor must use this form if he terminates a rental agreement for non-payment of rent. This form can be given if the tenant has not paid the rent within three days of the due date. Notification to New Tenants – Where rental services are provided (Form 14) Landlords must provide all new tenants, at the beginning of the lease, with a completed notification to the new tenant – where tenant services are provided. A rental company can still issue an annual notice of rent increase during the COVID-19 temporary freeze period, but this increase will only take effect when the freeze is lifted. A lessor is required to reimburse a tenant for excess rental actually paid on the basis of a notice of rent increase that should take effect on or after April 1. However, rent increases that took effect before April 1 are not affected; Tenants must continue to pay the increased rent during the freeze period.

Notice to the new tenant (Form 2) (Updated – valid from March 1, 2013) Landlords must provide all new tenants with a completed “Notice to New Tenant” form at the beginning of the lease. Owners are required to send a copy of this form to the Residential Tenancies Branch (branch). In rentals that offer rental services, a landlord may enter a unit without notice to provide those services (e.g.B. Housekeeping). . . .