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Last week, Vision Vancouver city councilor Geoff Meggs wrote an opinion piece for The Tyee claiming that City Hall is taking bold steps to...
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- 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
ABC Vancouver
On Dec. 18, Vancouver City Council approved the demolition of the Dunsmuir Hotel, a single-room occupancy building with 167 units at the corner of...
Housing
The Park Beach Tenant Collective, members of the Vancouver Tenants Union, and supporters gathered outside Plan A Real Estate Services’ offices in downtown Vancouver...
Action
A building permit application made to the City of Vancouver in September 2022 reveals that landlord Andrzej Kowalski intends to replace the seven rental...
Analysis
In this essay Maria Wallstam and Nathan Crompton provide an overview of the historical evolution of government subsidies provided to Canada’s real-estate sector. State-backed...
Housing
Social Housing Coalition BC statement on BC Liberal and NDP housing platforms, written from unceded Coast Salish Territory On Wednesday, April 24th, the BC...
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....
Gentrification
On Wednesday, March 27, residents across the city joined together to walk 14.5km across Vancouver for Welfare Justice. The walk was organized by the...
Gentrification
Heather Place is a non-profit housing complex built in 1982 by the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (MVHC). Today it includes 86 homes, two thirds...
Downtown Eastside
BC Rooms hotel, across the street from the proposed condos at 557 E. Cordova, was where MLA Jagrup Brar stayed during his welfare challenge...
Gentrification
London’s 2012 Olympic Games housing legacy is undeniable. It is a legacy of evictions, displacement, gentrification and social cleansing. The ever-worsening housing crisis has...
City Hall
Should BC Housing subsidize a Downtown Eastside (DTES) condo developer when our neighbourhood has 850 homeless people and 3500 living in crummy hotel rooms...
Analysis
A plan to redevelop the Oakridge Mall at Cambie and 41st, unveiled this past week, includes 2,800 condo units in 16 buildings, 6 of...
Analysis
The Streetohome Foundation has officially launched its new Rent Bank program with a $366,000 three-year loan from Streetohome board member Frank Giustra of the...
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...