Non payment of rent is one reason Landlords may serve a notice to end a tenancy, there are other options available to Landlords.
A tenancy agreement has many different terms within it, payment of the rent is only one of the terms. Landlords complain about tenants not paying rent and try to evict them, only to find out when they visit the property there are multiple reasons the Landlord could have applied to end the tenancy.
Section 47 “Landlord’s notice:cause” of the Residential Tenancy Act provides alternatives to non payment of rent for which Landlord’s can provide notice to end a tenancy. Here we will discuss a few of the other options available to Landlords which are often overlooked.
Landlords often wait for tenants to miss a rent payment before trying to evict the tenant. A tenancy agreement is a contract between two parties. Tenancy agreements in BC must identify when the rent is due, and how frequent the payment is to be made. Failure to meet this term may be cause for a Landlords notice to end the tenancy. When a tenancy indicates rent is due on the first of each month, and a tenant consistently pays rent after the agreed upon date, a Landlord may serve notice to end the tenancy. When tenants fail to pay rent on time Landlords should always send a ten day notice to the tenants. A ten day notice provides a specified time frame for tenants to pay rent inorder to eliminate the notice. If a tenant pays consistently late these notices could be supplied as evidence of regular late payments. Section 47 allows for Landlords to send a notice to end tenancy for repeatedly paying rent late.
Tenancy agreements are required to have specific terms including who is residing at the property. Section 47 has a provision for Landlords to provide notice to end a tenancy for an unreasonable number of tenants at the property. When a tenancy agreement is signed for two people to reside at the location and the tenant sublets or allows other people to reside at the property they would be in violation of the tenancy agreement. This would allow a Landlord the option of serving notice to end the tenancy.
Another option for Landlords is when a tenant or person allowed on the property by the tenants has caused significant damage to the rental unit or residential property. Often Landlords are surprised to find the rental unit has been damaged after the tenants have moved out of the property.
The last two examples require Landlords to visit their property and inspect the unit ensuring these terms of the tenancy agreement are not being violated. Many Landlords believe a tenant is good when rent is paid on time. Payment of rent is only one term of an agreement, Landlords should ensure tenants are in compliance with all terms of the agreement throughout the term of the tenancy, which will help landlords have a more positive experience.
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