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How to use this form
• This form must be used to issue a notice of rent increase to the tenant(s) only after the landlord has
successfully applied for an additional rent increase for eligible capital expenditures
• The decision from the application for Additional Rent Increase for Eligible Capital Expenditures must be
attached to this form
Important information about this form
• This form is used by the landlord to notify the tenant(s) of a rent increase. The landlord must serve this
notice on the tenant at least three months before the rent increase is to go into effect.
• Once a year, the landlord may increase the rent for the existing tenant. The landlord may only increase
the rent 12 months after the date that the existing rent was established with the tenant(s) or 12
months after the date of the last legal rent increase for the tenant(s), even if there is a new landlord or
a new tenant by way of an assignment.
• A landlord must give a tenant at least 3 whole months’ notice, in writing, of a rent increase. For
example, if the rent is due on the first day of the month and the tenant is given notice any time in
January, even January 1
st
, there must be three whole months before the rent increase begins. In this
example, the months are February, March, and April, so the rent increase would begin on May 1
st
. The
landlord must use this form and must serve it accordance to the Act.
• A landlord or a landlord’s agent must not collect a rent increase in any other way other than in
accordance with Part 3 of the Act.
• A notice sent by mail (which is one method of service) is deemed to be received on the 5
th
day after it
was mailed. For example, a rent increase served to a tenant on or before January 31
st
, could be
effective May 1
st
; a rent increase served by registered mail should be mailed on or before January 26
th
for the increase to be effective on May 1
st
.
• A landlord may only impose a rent increase up to the amount calculated in accordance with the
regulations or as ordered by an arbitrator. The Residential Tenancy Branch has provided calculators on
our website to assist landlords and tenants to ensure that the additional rent increase is imposed
correctly. See web tools here.
Notice of Additional
Rent Increase –
Eligible Capital Expenditures
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Form Sections
Section 1: Tenant Information
Section 2: Landlord Information
Section 3: Details of Rent Increase
Section 4: Notice of Rent Increase
Section 5: Declaration
Residential Tenancy Branch
Office of Housing and Construction
Standards RTB-53 (2021/07)
Your personal information is collected under section 26 (a) and (c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the purpose of
administering the Residential Tenancy Act and Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act. If you have any questions regarding the collection of your
personal informati
on, please contact an information officer by calling 604-660-1020 in Greater Vancouver; 250-387-1602 in Victoria; or
1-800-665-8779 elsewhere in British Columbia.