Advocates for renters in British Columbia say it’s time to consider setting a maximum temperature for rental housing to protect vulnerable tenants from dangerous heat.
People dance and gather at English Bay Beach during a heat wave, in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, June 21, 2021. Advocates for renters in British Columbia say it's time to consider setting a maximum temperature for rental housing, to protect already vulnerable tenants from increasingly rising heat.
Emily Rogers, director of operations for Victoria’s Together Against Poverty Society, says amending property bylaws to include a maximum temperature “seems like a very reasonable step.” The province has said a repeat of the heat dome is not in the forecast but has warned people to take precautions to stay out of the heat, drink water and limit activity.
“The only reason it’s not included is because at the time when it was last rewritten, this sort of heat dome and heat waves weren’t at the forefront of our minds,” he said. “The data collected will be used to explore ways to achieve cooler indoor temperatures and prevent heat-related illness or death,” Sim said.
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