To the Honourable the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, in Legislature Assembled:

T he petition of the undersigned, members of the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver (AMS), Simon Fraser

..... WITH ..... Students' Society (SFSS), University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS), and the Alliance of BC Students (ABCS) state that: T housands of student

RIGHTS
tenants, living in post-secondary housing, have no rental rights because of their exemption from the BC Residential Tenancy Act (RT A). Provincial
legislation is needed urgently in order to protect BC post-secondary students' on-campus rental rights.

The AMS, UVSS, SFSS, and ABCS recommend that legislation mandate the following:
1. Housing contracts explicitly list the rights of tenants, along with
corresponding responsibilities of the tenant.
2. Housing contracts include an outline of a clear and specific process for
tenants to report problems in their residence.
3. Barring unforeseen circumstances, the institution must provide a posted
notice of entry, which must also include the window of time in which the
entry will occur, to a unit at least 24 hours prior to said entry.
4. Transfers between housing units are only permitted for reasons of safety, extended
repairs, or as requested by a tenant. Unless the move is requested by the tenant or the
tenant's conduct is the reason for said transfer, the tenant should not be required to
pay new residence or meal plan fees.
5. Tenants must receive at least one month's posted eviction notice regardless of
the violation. T he notice period can be shortened if the tenant did not pay their
rent or if the safety of other residents' is at risk.
6. All post-secondary institutions must establish a transparent appeal body for
all appeals. T he committee should consist of students with the option of
also having faculty.
7. If residents believe that an outage has not been adequately addressed, they
can tile a complaint and request for compensation with the institution.
Further disagreements can be brought to the Community Standards
Appeals Committee.
8. For continuing tenancies, rent increases can be no more than that year's
inflation rate+ 2% and can only happen once every 12 months. Tenants
must receive 3 whole months' notice of any rent increases.
9. Housing contracts must explicitly list a calendar date as the start and the
end of the tenancy agreement.
Your petitioners respectfully request that the Honourable House review and
re-evaluate BC post-secondary tenancy rights and pass legislation to protect BC
post-secondary students from unfair housing treatment on campus.

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Dated __ day of , 2017.