Renters
Whistler Renting: Rental Housing During the Games
The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is committed to ensuring Whistler's workforce is not displaced during the Games. A Temporary Commercial Use Permit (TCUP) will impact Games-time accommodations in Whistler by allowing home owners to apply to rent their homes out to Games workforce. This is for homes not currently zoned Tourist Accommodation (TA) or Residential Tourist Accommodation (RTA). To determine your home's zoning please click here and search by your address. The RMOW is informing tenants and landlords of their rights and responsibilities, including their rights as they relate to the TCUP.
The process for applying for a TCUP includes five safeguards to ensure tenants are not pushed out of their rentals and that the application is legally allowable:
- Statutory Declaration: The property owner must provide a statutory declaration certifying they have not had a tenant for the last 12 months. This statutory declaration will be compared against a tenant registry where tenants can document their concerns around potential eviction.
- Tenant Registry: All tenants are able to sign up for the tenant registry. The registry is for all those tenants who are concerned they may be evicted as a result of the Games. To access the tenant registry, renters should send an email to renters at whistler dot ca with their name, address, details of their lease and as many tenancy details as possible, as soon as possible.
- Background Check: The property owner must not have a history of illegal renting.
- Ensuring the following classes of dwelling are not included in the TCUP application:
- Rental suites or dwelling units that are subject to a housing agreement or a restriction to occupancy by employees, dwelling units that are subject to a residential tenancy agreement.
- Dwelling units that are subject to a prohibition on tourist accommodation uses in any restrictive covenant, building scheme or strata corporation bylaw.
- Dwelling units that have any outstanding violation of the B.C. Building Code or the RMOW Building Bylaw. Dwelling units that are subject to a prohibition on tourist accommodation uses in any restrictive covenant, building scheme or strata corporation bylaw.
- Dwelling units that have any outstanding violation of the B.C. Building Code or the RMOW Building Bylaw.
- Title Search: The application must be accompanied by a title search dated within 30 days of the application date. If the applicant wishes the RMOW may fulfill this requirement for a fee of $20.
If you have questions about the TCUP please email: gamesinfo at whistler dot ca
What if landlords refuse to renew leases through the winter of 2010?
Tenants are encouraged to contact either the B.C. Residential Tenancy Branch or the Tenants Rights Action Coalition if tenants feel they have been unfairly treated or evicted.
To report zoning infractions, residents should contact the RMOW Bylaw Department at 604-935-8280 or email bylawservice at whistler dot ca