Welcome to Tenants of Starlight
A support group for tenants living in Starlight-owned buildings everywhere.
Tenants of Starlight
In 2015, Starlight's contractors began superficial renovations on four buildings in James Bay, Victoria. The renovations were drawn out over years, with numerous Stop Work orders and one full-building evacuation resulting from months of ongoing violations of WorkSafeBC safety regulations resulting in extreme airborne asbestos levels throughout the building. The renovations were undertaken with maximum negative impact on tenant health and wellbeing. This site was developed to assist tenants through Residential Tenancy Disputes to secure rental reductions and refunds during these ongoing, unsafe, uncomfortable conditions - to try to hold Starlight and their contractors accountable.
Tenants of Starlight Mission
We believe Starlight Investments is an organization that does great harm, negatively impacting the lives of millions of tenants throughout Canada and the United States, contributing to poverty and homelessness with their relentless greed.
This website exists to facilitate organization of tenant groups and to support them through whatever legal action may be available to advocate for their rights, to minimize the harm Starlight Investments is able to inflict, and to seek reperatons for the degraded conditions tenants may be suffering in Starlight buildings.
About Transglobe / Starlight Investments
We will continue to populate this website with information to help tenants and to inform about Starlight's sordid history. In the meantime, here's some past media coverage.
CBC Investigation 1 - 2008
CBC Investigation 2 - 2012
James Bay Asbestos Evacuation - 2017
Take Action
If you’re a tenant at 350/360 Douglas St or 415/435 Michigan St and aren’t already registered, register for an account to get started. It may not be too late to submit a dispute.
If you’re a tenant at another building, Starlight-owned or otherwise, and you want to organize collective tenant action within your building, please contact the administrator to request your building be added to the database.
