A Street Guide for Your Rights & Responsibilities as a Tenant in SRO & Supportive Housing
PLEASE NOTE: In April 2026, BC made sweeping changes to the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA)’s protections for supportive housing tenants through Bill 11. This guide was published before Bill 11 came into effect and therefore does not capture those changes. Our partners who are primary authors will be revising this guide, and we will update this page to reflect any changes.
For more on Bill 11, see:
www.pivotlegal.org/clas_and_pivot_condemn_province_s_continued_rollback_of_tenant_protections
This resource was created on unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), and is a result of collaboration between Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, Our Homes Can't Wait, Surrey Union of Drug Users, Pivot Legal Society, Police Oversight with Evidence and Research, Kílala Lelum Health and Healing Cooperative, Community Legal Assistance Society, and Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre.
Along with providing a practical guide for people to know their rights and to assert them, the guide also answers some often asked questions, such as:
- How does the BC Human Rights Code apply to people living in SROs or Supportive Housing
- How the Residential Tenancy Act apply to people living in SROs or Supportive Housing
- Difference between Tenancy Agreement and Program Agreement
Please note that this guide provides legal information not legal advice. The guide includes a few helpful advocacy organizations that may help tenants living in supportive housing.
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