I don’t see what your point is here… this building is 60 years old and needs almost a complete rebuild. The tenants were offered $10,000 compensation allowances and right of first refusal to move back in.

This has nothing to do with the NDP and in fact, thanks to the new NDP rental rules these tenants are being treated more fairly and generously than they would have been under the BC Libs.

You should tell that to the tenants who are getting evicted. They certainly don’t feel that way. They get right f first refusal at the new market rents which will be triple what they pay now. So they get $10k, have to move for a year, pay higher rent for the year in a temporary place, then move back and pay triple rent. Thanks NDP that is awesome! These tenants are so stupid not to realize how awesome this is. Lets hope all those getting evicted from long term rentals with low rent because of theses new sales realize how lucky they are.

Nice diversion. Do you support renovations and think it is a good thing these apartments are being sold by the long term owners?

“Of course I support renovations”

I meant renovictions not renovations. It seems now under the NDP renovictions are a good thing.

I guess Eby forgot about this promise.

Jan 22, 2016 :

Currently there is nothing in the residential tenancy act to protect a renter from a so-called “renoviction”, where a landlord evicts a tenant for some measure of renovations and then hikes up the rent when the work is done. NDP housing critic David Eby was also in attendance at the meeting and says there needs to be legislation around the issue of “renoviction”. “It’s a really common practice,” he said. “We saw it a lot in the West End around two years ago.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/renoviction-fears-spark-special-meeting-after-a-handful-of-tenants-receive-eviction-notices-1.3415325

“First of all you are mixing up two stories, the first about apartment buildings for sale and the second about renovations at one building, 1770 Davie Street , which is not for sale.”

Patridtiz try to keep up. The 1770 Davie St building was sold to Reliance who then immediately evicted the tenants, some who where there for over 40 years. Anyone who buys a building with a 2.5% cap rate is not going to keep the current tenants/rents. They have a plan in place which what ever it is it is not good for the tenants.

When did Reliance buy this building? The article doesn’t say.

How do you know how they feel? I doubt you have talked to any of them. The article says some have already accepted the $10K compensation offer. Sure some don’t want to move (as also was stated in the article) however, under the circumstances, they are being treated more than fairly and certainly better than they would have been treated under the BC Libs.

“they are being treated more than fairly and certainly better than they would have been treated under the BC Libs.”

The compensation has nothing to do with the NDP. It was voluntary. Just admit the NDP have failed on housing.

The building’s tenants were served with eviction notices in June, and were offered compensation by Reliance, at an average of $10,000 per unit. Reliance says the compensation is nearly double what is required by the provincial government.

Under the BC Libs they would have got NOTHING.

False. The NDP have done nothing. It is the CoV who requires the compensation.

“Compensation was double that required by the provincial government ”
That’s not the CoV.

Which was in place under the BC Liberals. Remember Eby promised legislation to stop renovictions. He lied.

“How do you know how they feel?”

Can you read?

Residents of the Berkeley Tower at 1770 Davie Street will rally Wednesday to protest what they are calling unfair evictions by the building’s owner, Reliance Properties.

Can you read this:
“Reliance says several tenants have already accepted the compensation package.”

I’m sure some don’t want to move, but they are still being offered 5 figures to do so and that’s not chicken food.

Legally they had no choice but to “accept” the offer. Those are the laws the NDP have in place. The people that got 10K had lived there for over 40 years. Even Reliance realized how inadequate the CoV compensation and increased it. The NDP have failed.

Did Rich Coleman hold a press conference every week like Eby complaining how poor the housing situation was? Now the housing situation is worse under the NDP and the NDP have no plan and Eby is in hiding. All indications are it will get worse. Housing is a disaster under the NDP. Could they have done worse if they tried?

YVR you need to just give up on this. Those tenants are not being treated unfairly at all. Under the BC Libs they would be out on the street without any compensation.