Illegal Vancouver rental homes can have unsafe living conditions, expert says

Summary

It's a disturbing new trend created by the unaffordable Vancouver housing market: tenants packed into illegally subdivided rental homes, full of unsafe electrical and plumbing work done without permits. One such rental property, which had 17 people living in a house with just 21 rooms, has already been vacated after facing $90,000 in fines from the Residential Tenancy Branch. Vancouver City Councillor Stephanie Smith says there are many other rental properties operating like this around the city, and some of the landlords consider such fines just the cost of doing business. Andy Yan, the…

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