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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Legality doesn't mean much here.

A little more than a year ago, right in the middle of COVID, our family got evicted from our suite with only a month notice. The reason they said was that the owners sister was moving to Canada from Malaysia and they wanted to incorporate the space back into their main dwelling. This is illegal and when we called the tenants resource place, they said the backlog for dealing with tenant/landlord issues was so backed up, our only choice was to leave and then try to pursue them in court which could take a very long time. Or we could just refuse to leave, which probably would have created too much of a stressful situation since they lived upstairs from us. Right after we moved out, the suite came up for rent in Kijiji but the rent was marked up by $300. It was pretty obvious that they wanted to raise the rent, but because of the COVID rent freeze, they couldn't do it.

Laws are great, as long as they are enforced.

If you still have any proof of that, you should pursue it (unless there's a limitation period on when you can take action). Normally you're entitled to 12 months' rent in compensation if they kick you out for landlord's use of property and then rent it out within 6 months:

Landlords should beware that when they end a tenancy, they must:

• Take steps to accomplish the stated purpose for ending the tenancy under section 49 within a reasonable period after the effective date of the notice, or
• Use the rental unit for that stated purpose for at least 6 months beginning within a reasonable period after the effective date of the notice,

If they don't, they must compensate the tenant 12 months’ rent payable under the tenancy agreement. If a former tenant applies for compensation, a landlord should be prepared to show that the rental unit was used for the reasons given in the notice, or the reason they were not able to use the rental unit for the reasons given in the notice. An arbitrator can excuse a landlord from paying this compensation if there are extenuating circumstances.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/h...o-month-notice