2024 Allowable Rent Increase
- For manufactured home park tenancies, the 2024 maximum increase is 3.5% plus a proportional amount for the change in local government levies and regulated utility fees.
- Landlords must provide tenants with three full months’ notice using the correct notice of rent increase form..
- Link to more information on rent increases: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenancies/during-a-tenancy/rent-increases
Previous Maximum Rent Increases
The following table outlines the maximum allowable rent increases for the past few years:
| 2024 | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 2.0% |
| 2022 | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.6% |
| 2019 | 2.5% |
| 2018 | 4.0% |
| 2017 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 2.9% |
| 2015 | 2.5% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 3.8% |
| 2012 | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 3.2% |
| 2009 | 3.7% |
| 2008 | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 4.0% |
| 2006 | 4.0% |
| 2005 | 3.8% |
| 2004 | 4.6% |
Landlords may not retroactively apply a rent increase. If a landlord did not issue a rent increase in the previous year, or issued a rent increase that was less than the amount allowed by law, they cannot later apply a rent increase to catch up.
