Tenant advocates say fixed-term contracts are being abused as a way to jack up rents June 13, 2016, 6 a.m. By Jen St. Denis Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA for Vancouver-West End: some tenants who have signed fixed-term rental agreements later …
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