Downtown Eastside
This year’s Vancouver homelessness count showed that more people than ever are living on the streets in BC’s largest city. Housing across BC is...
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- Essays
- Housing
OP-ED | Make Holborn Pay for Loss of the Dunsmuir Hotel
‘Plan A, No Way!”: Tenants Rally Against Unfair Evictions, Surveillance, and Harassment
“Forget it, leave us here:” East Van Tenants Draw Crowd to Reject Eviction by Landlord Loophole
Understanding Canada’s State-Backed Real Estate Crisis
Post-Mortem of a Failed Policy Fix: Temporary Modular Housing in Vancouver (2016–2023)
- Policing & Carcerality
- Toxic Drug Crisis
Nowhere to seek safety as gender-based violence worsens under drug supply & displacement crises
Reversal of Bill 34 is a People’s Victory
Empty detox beds do not fix the poisoned supply or keep people safe.
From the US Border to Whalley & the Downtown Eastside: Drug Bust Stories Should Never be One-Sided Celebrations
Surrey Union of Drug Users Opens Pop-Up Inhalation Tent in Whalley
News
Social Housing Alliance holds a Vigil outside a Vision Vancouver fundraiser to mourn the loss of social and affordable housing in Vancouver, February 28th,...
Uncategorized
Mayor and Police Chief at Vancouver Police Board (Sept 17th, 2013) Last week Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson held a joint press conference with the...
News
Model of False Creek Bob Ransford has recently published yet another article in the Vancouver Sun repeating his mantra that the affordability crisis in...
Uncategorized
The City of Vancouver has recently announced that it will be using four city-owned sites to develop affordable housing. The announcement has been widely...
Downtown Eastside
As part of the city’s Digital Strategy, the City of Vancouver is planning to build a Technology Centre in the heart of the DTES....
Homelessness
Vancouver has a long history of playing shell games with homeless shelters. Shelter residents have created the term “shelter shuffling” to communicate the harsh...
City Hall
On Saturday, September 2 2012, the Vancouver Police Department once again demolished the cart of a homeless DTES resident. The cart contained personal belongings...
Homelessness
The already dire housing crisis in Vancouver is about to worsen with the mass expiration of funding and operating agreements for twenty-five thousand social...
ABC Vancouver
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has announced a plan to freeze supportive housing development in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). The plan is part of a...