Bill 44 (2022) — Strata Reform
Also known as: Building and Strata Statutes Amendment Act 2022 · Bill 44 strata
BC legislation effective November 24, 2022 that voided all strata rental-restriction bylaws and limited strata age-restriction bylaws to 55+ only.
NOT to be confused with Bill 44 (2023) SSMUH housing legislation. The 2022 Bill 44 — Building and Strata Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 — amended the Strata Property Act effective November 24, 2022. It voided every strata rental-restriction bylaw in BC: strata corporations can no longer prohibit or limit rentals to non-family. It also restricted age-restriction bylaws to 55+ only — no other age cohorts (e.g. 19+, 25+, 45+) are permitted.
Short-term-rental restrictions (under 30 days) remain permitted at the strata level. Strata corps can also continue to restrict the number of units rented at any one time only insofar as such restrictions are NOT formally rental restrictions under the now-amended Act.
Related terms
- Bill 44 (2023) — SSMUH — BC housing legislation requiring most municipalities to permit 3-4 units on lots zoned for single-family/duplex and up to 6 units near frequent transit, with most municipalities adopting bylaws by the June 30, 2024 statutory deadline.
- Form B Information Certificate — A statutory information certificate issued by a BC strata corporation for a strata-lot sale, capped at $35 (Form B itself) under s.
- Strata Bylaws — The internal rules a BC strata corporation enacts under the Strata Property Act — covering use of common property, behavior of owners and tenants, alterations, enforcement, and fines — amendable by a 3/4 vote of owners and registered with the Land Title Office.
- BC Strata Insurance Crisis (2019-2020) — A documented 2019-2020 spike in BC strata-corporation insurance premiums (reportedly +40% on average) and deductibles (often $50,000-$250,000), prompting a Provincial reform package effective November 1, 2020 that mandated insurance disclosure on Form B and limited certain deductible chargebacks against owners.
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- BC Governmentretrieved 2026-05-08Bill 44, 2022 — Building and Strata Statutes Amendment Act, 2022https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/legislation-debates-proceedings/42nd-parliament/3rd-session/bills/first-reading/gov44-1
- BC Governmentretrieved 2026-05-08· published 2022-10-26New legislation aims to provide more housing for rentershttps://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022PREM0067-001629
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