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Death, Injuries, Displacement. The Dark History of One Vancouver Landlord (thetyee.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Three apartment fires with one common factor.

The properties were — and still are — owned by Fu De (Henry) Ren and his wife, Fang Yan. And while the Mount Pleasant fire was determined to be accidental, the buildings and their owners had a record of multiple fire safety violations.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The behaviour of the owners is disgusting. There is no such thing as a good landlord.

“Everyone deserves a safe place to live,” Vlietstra said. “I believe that is a basic human right: a safe place to live, that you can call home and not fear it’s going to burn down or people are going to break in.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I always assumed the city has a department to check these apartments once every X years to make sure they arent violating building safety laws. Considering so many families/lifes depend on it. Guess not then.