A lot of people had high hopes for housing in the federal budget that was delivered on March 22. The City of Vancouver asked for half a billion dollars to build housing on 20 city-owned lots. What did we get?
The answer: $2.3 billion over two years for the whole country. This works out to…
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Yearly Archives
2016
Canada Has Blood On Its Hands – Justice in Honduras Requires a U-Turn in…
On April 21st First Nations women leaders and legal and human rights activists called on the Canadian government to…
Access Without Fear: By Byron Cruz
Recently members of Sanctuary Health and their allies attended a council meeting at Vancouver City Hall where the…
The Reality of Displacement in the DTES comic: By Debra McNaught
Comic by Debra McNaught
On the Frontlines: A Map of Indigenous Resistance
This illustration was made for the center fold of the print version of The Volcano, Issue 4, Winter 2016.
Court victory over anti-homeless bylaws!: By Pivot Legal Society and DJ Larkin
In late 2015 the BC Supreme Court ruled against the City of Abbotsford’s anti-homeless bylaws. Homeless people in…
Housing Insecurity and Uncertainty is the New Normal: An Interview with Sherry…
Sherry Chen, her husband David, and their two young children have lived in a one-bedroom apartment on Dunblane…
The Housing Crisis for Women Fleeing Violence in Surrey: By Corrine Arthur and…
Where do I live? How do I pay for it? How can I keep my kids safe?
The Surrey Women’s Centre has been around…
A memorial poem for Sam Snobelen
Sam Snobelen passed away in late November. Sam was the heart and soul of the Carnegie Centre in the Downtown…
People at Downtown Eastside Town Hall meeting strategize to stop homeless crisis:…
A National Housing Crisis day, tent cities across the country, and identifying and working to get specific…