Bill 11: Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026

This bill primarily affects non-profit organizations, social housing providers, and supportive housing operators in British Columbia that run residential buildings for tenants experiencing or at risk of homelessness. If you operate supportive housing — meaning you provide rental units along with housing stability supports like counselling, health services, or life-skills programming — your day-to-day management of tenancies, property access, tenant inspections, unit entry, and handling of tenant personal property will be governed by new specialized rules set through future regulations. The bill also affects conventional residential landlords in BC by broadening eviction grounds related to weapons possession and expanding who counts as a protected person ("authorized person") when assessing tenant disturbances or illegal activity, which changes how you document and pursue cause-based evictions. Size matters less than the type of housing you operate: small-scale supportive housing providers and large non-profit operators alike will need to comply with the forthcoming regulatory framework.