A9 - Sunday, December 11, 1983 :,North Shore News Christmas Trees $2.00 OFF tnieca We have a full selection of: Fir ¢ Pine Baisam ¢ Nobile Living Spruce Stands also available formerly at the corner of Garden & Marine NOW ON MARINE DRIVE IN WOSKS WITH RENT INCREASES. _ Landlords say they’re FROM PAGE At1 he does not want to dis- criminate, but he holds firm in his belief that landlords have been on the short end of the stick for too long. ‘*The only person who has been forced to subsidize tenants over the past ten years has been the landlord,’’ Cressey says. ‘The way things are now, there’s a lot of sad situations such as seniors having to move away from accessible areas like the West End of Vancouver. Unfortunately, these people aren't taking ad- vantage of programs like SAFER (Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters) which is targeted at seniors. | feel such programs are a very valid role *“*sympathy’”’ from _ the government regarding changes to the proposed ren- tal legislation. However, Blackburn said the NSTA still plans to set up a meeting with Premier Bill Bennett, as well as help tenants go through any other ‘‘legal machinery.’” Blackburn estimates the vacancy rate for affordable only ‘catching up’ As for the immediate future, Blackburn said he has ‘tno idea’’ what will result from the landlord-tenant disputes currently in full swing. ‘“‘Does the government really want to get mid of semors, people on UIC or those receiving payments from the Ministry of Human Resources? Perhaps that 1s Provincial Rentalsman Jim for government to play,’’ accommodationonthe North their intention,’’ said Patterson concurs with © said Patterson. Shore now stands at zero, Blackburn. ‘‘In the resource- Cressey in that ‘‘rents Meanwhile, tenants’ with higher-priced accom- based economy we have in weren’t rationalized’’ when rent controls appeared in ear- ly 1974. But he said his office is still not permitted to con- sider the income of the various appellants during the rent review processes. ‘Our role is not to look at who landlords should sub- sidize. Otherwise there’d be chaos,’’ Patterson said Mon- day. ‘‘We're limited to focussing on the resulting rent from the increase. With the review process, we look at similar units in the area and try to determine if the land- lord is leading the market.”’ Despite the complaints tan- ding in his office recently, Patterson said the average situation has not created a problem. ‘“‘The most common in- crease by landlords is ten per cent, and that’s due to the landiords being conditioned, and to the market being soft. Also they don’t want to stir up too much public concern or lose their tenants. The ma- jority of landlords are being reasonable. associations are busy handi- ing complaints from those disputing rent increases. Richard Blackburn, president of the North Shore Tenants Association (NSTA) said he has received three complaints in the last few weeks, pro- mpting the NSTA to try to resolve the disputes through negotiation with manage- ment groups or through the Rentalsman. Blackburn cited a par- ticular problem of the current disputes: the plight of people on fixed incomes who are not mobile and are ‘‘scared suff” by the new legislation. ‘“‘The government § says they want the private sector to operate in the rental marketplace unhindered,’’ said Blackburn. ‘'Well, this legislation is going to either drive people away, or to despair.’ The NSTA met with the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs a month ago and Blackburn said the general concensus was that they managed to garner some See Me Now At My New Location 981 W. 3rd St. N.V. 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