Tenant Protection Bylaw and Associated Development Permit Area
Effective July 1, 2026: All new redevelopments with tenant assistance obligations are subject to the Tenant Protection Bylaw. All redevelopments submitted to the City before June 30, 2026 will continue to be subject to the Tenant Assistance Policy. Learn more.
About this project:
Burnaby has developed 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 turned Burnaby's Tenant Assistance Policy into a bylaw and created 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 the Tenant Protection Development Permit Area build upon the existing TAP to:
extend application of protections and supports to tenants outside of the rezoning process
enables 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.
