On July 16, 2015, the Victoria Police Department issued warrants for 16 suspected drug dealers accused of preying on people who use shelters in Victoria. The result of a 6-week undercover sting in Our Place and Rock Bay Landing shelters saw a combined total of nineteen counts of trafficking issued…
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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…
What happened to a National (Social) Housing Strategy?
People across Canada are facing hours of sifting through newspaper articles, watching interviews, and following…
Cities alone cannot solve the housing crisis and it is misleading to say they can
While living in the Mission area in 2013 I regularly picked up hitchhikers travelling on Lougheed…
Demo-victions in Metrotown and a new anti-displacement movement
The housing crisis in BC has many faces. It is most starkly visible in the homeless camps that have caught…
Metrotown Demolitions Displace Communities
For the better half of my life, I’ve been living in Canada. My longest tenure as a Canadian has been my last 8…
Who’s experiencing the real housing crisis? The homeless or young professionals?
Are young professionals who can’t afford to buy a single-family home in a similar “housing crisis” to…
Homeless Counts for What?
Every year since 2010 the City of Vancouver has counted its homeless residents. Around four hundred…
The Truth about Rent Subsidies: from British Columbia to the Section 8 program in…
By Sarah Sheridan, with a primer on Section 8 housing in the U.S. by Ivan Drury
In 2013, Housing…