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Housing The Advocacy Centre has been actively involved in the issue of homelessness and affordable housing for 15 years. It served as the Regional Housing Centre (funded through BC Housing) from 1997 to 2002, raising awareness about affordable housing and homelessness, promoting affordable housing and serving as a resource for those who are interested in housing issues. While we no longer have this funding, we are still actively involved in issues around housing and homelessness in our community: • Our parent society, the Nelson and District Community Resources Society, administers the contract for the Nelson Committee on Homelessness. The Advocacy Centre maintains contact with the NCOH to maintain a network of community members with an on-going goal of addressing the homelessness issue. • We provide resource and referral information regarding landlord/tenant issues. We can provide preliminary information about landlord/tenant issues but we always encourage people with questions and issues to contact the Tenant’s Rights Action Coalition at 1.800.665.1185. Finding a Place to Rent in Nelson The Advocacy Centre has produced a brochure with information about finding a place to rent in Nelson, which you can download here. Guide to Trouble Free Renting The Advocacy Centre has a booklet called the Guide to Trouble Free Renting, which can be downloaded here. It provides tips to help tenants avoid problems and deal with any issues that arise. The Guide does not cover what the law says about landlord/tenant rights and responsibilities. For information with regard to legal issues, we have provided links to relevant web sites below. Landlords and Tenants Residential Tenancy Office 1.800.665.8779 (Kelowna office) Tenants Tenant’s Rights Action Coalition 1.800.665.1185 Residential Tenancy Act Residential Tenancy Act and Regulations Return to Top |
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