Earlier this month, Joyce Lachance's low-income, disabled son Curtis was evicted by landlords Bill Mitsui and Tyler Zhang, who run the private real estate investment company Columbia Wealth Investments (CWI).
Last September CWI purchased Cityviews Village, a low-rise apartment building…
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RainCity Housing: Playing an NGO’s role in policing the poor
RainCity's 3030 Gordon Avenue, which people in the community call simply “3030,” is the only shelter in the…
Langley plans to pave low-income housing and evict 5 people into homelessness
On February 2nd, Maureen and Gary found bylaw, police officers, and city officials in front of their door. “They…
Injunction hearing against Crab Park tent city begins, threatening 100 homeless…
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) has filed an injunction against a tent city set up in CRAB Park by…
Surrey renter faces eviction through BC’s state of emergency “health and safety”…
Evicted During COVID-19
Michelle Leggeh called us at the end of April, after her husband brought home our…
Evicted during COVID-19: Modular housing tenant barricades herself in her room to…
Update: On May 18, Kristina received a notice from Lookout Health and Housing Society, stating that her eviction…
“I believe in the future”: A Black Indigenous woman’s struggle for home, family,…
Karen Juanita Lane is a long-time activist and resident of the DTES who reached out to Red Braid in March to ask…
Kyaw Din’s family brings their demands for justice to the office of…
On February 20th, the family of Kyaw Din held a news conference and delivered a petition calling for “Justice for…
RCMP evict Surrey’s Hothouse Squat but cannot stop the #Squat2Survive…
On April 1st 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of poor and homeless people and supporters took…
Gentrification and COVID-19: Fast-tracking the death of Surrey’s poor
When the City of Surrey forcibly dismantled the homeless camp along 135A Street in June 2018, only 160 people…