Ms. Que Banh<p>Despite <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> saying they’ve stopped <a href="https://beige.party/tags/renovictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renovictions</span></a> in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> they’re still very much happening. After a ruling from the Residential Tenancy Branch <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> dozens of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Esquimalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Esquimalt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> are being kicked out in four months for the new owners to do renovations.</p><p>Many of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/renters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renters</span></a> being displaced are <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a>, either on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> or a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FixedPension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FixedPension</span></a>. As a result, most of them can’t afford market rent, and fear they could be homeless.</p><p>Because the new owner is doing renovations, not a total demolition, Esquimalt’s <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Tenant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tenant</span></a> Assistance Policy isn’t triggered. Any stronger policy is the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a> jurisdiction.</p><p>“It’s time for the provincial government to actually stop this from happening. If they really want to stop renovictions, then they need to change the laws,” said Douglas King, executive director of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TogetherAgainstPovertySociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TogetherAgainstPovertySociety</span></a>.</p><p>King says what’s needed is a BC-wide <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TenantAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TenantAssistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> to better <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectTenants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTenants</span></a> facing <a href="https://beige.party/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>displacement</span></a>, but also to prevent <a href="https://beige.party/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> from paying for the consequences down the line.</p><p><a href="https://www-cheknews-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cheknews.ca/rtb-approves-esquimalt-renoviction-tenants-call-on-province-for-stronger-safety-net-1214699" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www-cheknews-ca.cdn.ampproject</span><span class="invisible">.org/v/s/www.cheknews.ca/rtb-approves-esquimalt-renoviction-tenants-call-on-province-for-stronger-safety-net-1214699</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BChousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BChousingCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RentersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentersRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YYJpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PovertyIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIsNotACrime</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopRenovictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopRenovictions</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HousingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MarginalizedRenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalizedRenters</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNewDeathParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCNewDeathParty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RentalProperties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentalProperties</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YYJHousing</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCHousing</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SocialInjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialInjustice</span></a></p>