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Originally Posted by Traum

When you are renting, you can be the best tenant around -- paying rent on time, keeping the place clean, etc., but the landlord can still kick you out -- I think all they need to do is to give you an extra month's worth of stay for free?

This is false, under the BC RTA it is very difficult for a landlord to kick out out a tenant. If you are a good tenant and pay the rent on time, the ONLY 'typical' reason they can kick you out is if themselves or their family member decides to live in the space (i.e. occupy the unit in good faith), or if they sell and the new buyer decides to live in the space. Landlords cannot kick you out willy nilly if you are a good tenant, the RTA favours heavily on tenants.