Evicted During COVID-19
Michelle Leggeh called us at the end of April, after her husband brought home our pamphlet offering eviction defense to tenants rent striking and facing threats from their landlords. After 7 years living in her building along King George Boulevard in Surrey and fighting…
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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…
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…
“Just doing my job”: Police and private security protect far-right politician…
On the morning of Wednesday, September 25th, the Surrey Board of Trade hosted a town hall with far-right…
“This is our Sanctuary and we won’t let them take it from us”: Surrey homeless…
Sanctuary Tent City was catapulted into the headlines in early July, 2019, after the City of Surrey threatened to…
The NIMBYs lost at Surrey City Hall last week, but who won?
A dozen homeless people and supporters rallied outside Surrey City Hall on Monday, July 22, calling for “Homes…
“I’m done hiding around corners and behind dumpsters”: Life on the streets after…
Wanda Stopa was a leader of the tent city on 135A Street, known as the Surrey Strip. She organized events and…
Busting Police Myths about the Clearance of the 135A Strip and Homelessness Today…
The truth about Surrey homelessness one year after the clearing of the 135A Strip is that homeless people and…
“We’re always under suspicion”: Surrey youth contend with their…
Anti-Police Power Surrey's (APPS) high school workshop, A Thin Blue Line? Thinking Critically About Policing,…