What is the meaning of this condition for who the act applies to?
<p>In the <a href="http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/02078_01#section2" rel="nofollow">BC residential tenancy act</a>, it states</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>This Act does not apply to... living accommodation in which the tenant
  shares bathroom or kitchen facilities with the owner of that
  accommodation</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So if the owner of the house rents it out, but also lives in it, the tenants are no longer protected by the act? Does I understand this correctly? This seems a bit unfair, I've seen houses before where the landlord lives in a shared house and uses the same kitchen as the other tenants do.</p>

<p>Also does</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Living accommodation owned or operated by an educational institution
  and provided by that institution to its students or employees</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Mean that students living on a university campus aren't protected by the act? </p>

<p>Yes, if you rent a room in the owner's house the act does not apply; there may be another one that does.</p>

<p>Similarly for student accommodation. </p>

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