BC Housing is planning to close down 46 units of low-income housing this week, as COVID-19 rates surge and hundreds, if not thousands, of BC renters face homelessness in the coming weeks with the end of the eviction moratorium in September.Nickerson Place, a two-year-old modular housing building…
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“We’re taking back the Strip!” Surrey’s newest tent city…
After a rally against the gentrification of Whalley on Saturday, a group of homeless community members displaced…
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…
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…