Illegal Vancouver rental homes can have unsafe living conditions, expert says
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It's a disturbing new trend created by the unaffordable Vancouver housing market: tenants packed into illegally subdivided rental homes, full of unsafe electrical and plumbing work done without permits. One such rental property, which had 17 people living in a house with just 21 rooms, has already been vacated after facing $90,000 in fines from the Residential Tenancy Branch.
Vancouver City Councillor Stephanie Smith says there are many other rental properties operating like this around the city, and some of the landlords consider such fines just the cost of doing business.
Andy Yan, the director of Simon Fraser University City Program, says the problem is becoming similar to Hong Kong's "coffin homes," where they are also struggling with skyrocketing housing costs, leading to a growing trend of illegal micro-apartment suites in apartment buildings across the city.
Kristen Robinson reports.
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Vancouver City Councillor Stephanie Smith says there are many other rental properties operating like this around the city, and some of the landlords consider such fines just the cost of doing business.
Andy Yan, the director of Simon Fraser University City Program, says the problem is becoming similar to Hong Kong's "coffin homes," where they are also struggling with skyrocketing housing costs, leading to a growing trend of illegal micro-apartment suites in apartment buildings across the city.
Kristen Robinson reports.
Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/12143349/vancouvers-illegal-rental-houses-hong-kong-coffin-apartments/
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