One costs $20 to get in. The other is free. One is backed by the rich. The other is revered by low-income Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents. One got $50 million from the province, $23 million from donors, and about $200 worth of land and foregone taxes from the city. The other got its funding…
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Yearly Archives
2015
The Challenge Is Whether To Squat Or Deal
Micro Housing was brought to L’kwungen Territory as a result of Bobby Arbess approaching me with the idea as a…
Tales from the Regent
I live in an SRO (single room occupancy) hotel in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver, in what I devoutly…
Maple Ridge homeless still need a tent city: By Ivan Drury with a poem by Tracy…
The Cliff Avenue tent city is only the visible tip of the iceberg of homelessness in Maple Ridge,…
“Never Home” report reveals the truth about migration to Canada
The NeverHome multi-media website (http://www.neverhome.ca/) produced by No One is Illegal is an…
Wheel of Misfortune to spin at October’s SRO Tenant Convention
The second annual SRO Tenant Convention is coming up on Sunday October 18th, 10am-5pm at the…
Time to Flood the System
Another year and another climate conference. This December, 196 countries will meet in Paris to address the…
End the War on Drug Dealers
On July 16, 2015, the Victoria Police Department issued warrants for 16 suspected drug dealers accused of preying…
You can’t vote against the free market – Lessons from the Greek struggle…
In September the Alliance Against Displacement (formerly Social Housing Alliance) began a discussion group series…
The “national” housing policy we need: By the Editors
Anti-homelessness housing advocates have been calling for a “national housing strategy” ever since the…