For the past two and half months tenants at 6659 Dow Avenue have been calling on their developer-landlord, Peterson Group, to address the dangerous and stressful living conditions in their building. Instead Peterson has blatantly disregarded tenants' health and well being and worked to create a…
Read More...
Browsing Category
Dispatches
Dow Avenue Tenant Group Letter sent to Matchpoint & Peterson Commercial
Matchpoint Development Ltd. …
Doubling down on Canadian nationalism won’t end anti-Asian hate
In response to the mass shooting in Georgia that killed six Asian women two weeks ago, "Stop anti-Asian hate"…
Trans women’s economic justice demands total social transformation: IWD 2021…
On March 7th Gabriela BC, an anti-imperialist Fillipino women’s organization, held an online event titled “Unity…
Eviction Defense Network shames landlord at his West Vancouver Home
Earlier this month, Joyce Lachance's low-income, disabled son Curtis was evicted by landlords Bill Mitsui and…
Maple Ridge Community Safety Officers push unhoused couple into path of Covid-19…
Tina and Steve were evicted from an apartment building by a Maple Ridge slumlord named Trevor Davies on January…
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…
“Everything for the upper class, nothing for us”: Barrie’s eviction and the…
Two weeks ago, Barrie came to his first meeting of the Whalley Street Council, a group of unhoused and underhoused…
Coquitlam Bylaw’s War on the Poor: Sid and Sharon’s Story
In mid-January, Coquitlam bylaw officers showed up at Sid and Sharon's home. Without providing any paperwork 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…