What is a strata's obligation to address discriminatory barriers faced by its owners?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rutherford v. Strata Plan VS 170, 2019 BCHRT 227 (CanLII):
A strata’s obligations, however, are limited to alleviating discriminatory barriers endemic to its services. They do not extend to alleviating discriminatory barriers faced by their owners because of social forces outside of the strata’s control: see eg Vik v. Finamore (No. 2), 2018 BCHRT 9 at para. 59.
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