Tenant Protection Bylaw and Associated Development Permit Area
About this project:
Burnaby is developing a Tenant Protection Bylaw and associated development permit area that will replace the City’s Tenant Assistance Policy (TAP). Burnaby’s TAP supports tenants facing displacement from purpose-built rental buildings with 5 or more units due to redevelopment associated with rezoning. This project seeks to turn TAP into a bylaw and create a development permit area to expand tenant protection across Burnaby.
In 2024, changes to the Local Government Act and Community Charter enabled local governments to adopt a Tenant Protection Bylaw and set a development permit area to which the bylaw would apply. The Tenant Protection bylaw and development permit area will replace the current TAP and continue to support tenants facing development.
The Tenant Protection Bylaw and the Development Permit Area will:
extend application of protections and supports to tenants outside of the rezoning process
enable improved enforcement practices for tenant protections
Transitioning from a policy to a bylaw may result in some process changes, but the intent and overall objectives of the policy are intended to remain in the new bylaw.
What’s happening now?
Our staff are working on a technical review of the bylaw terms and development permit area guidelines. We’ll be developing the bylaw and the development permit area through 2025, with implementation anticipated to start in 2026.
