For the past 4 months the Dow Avenue Tenants Group (DATG) has been fighting back against their developer-landlord, the Peterson Group, who have used disrepair and direct harassment as a way to force people out of their homes. On Saturday May 15th tenants in Metrotown took to the streets to speak…
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Canada’s “Best Tenant Assistance Policy” allows Mayor Hurley to…
After fulfilling his election promise of implementing a 6-month moratorium on rezoning and demolishing apartment…
“A Bold Step”? Burnaby’s social mix response to the Metrotown evictions crisis is…
On May 27th, 2019, Burnaby City Council unanimously voted to endorse a new approach to planning housing…
From Berlin to Burnaby: Tenants march against evictions and “rent madness”
On Saturday, April 6th 2019, Stop Demovictions Burnaby took to the streets of Metrotown once again to demand…
Burnaby’s Housing Task Farce: A developer-heavy housing task force won’t…
In his neighbourhood of Metrotown, Alaidjah sees lots of homes being built, “but not affordable homes”. At a press…
Politics are happening in the streets not in city hall: Lessons from Burnaby’s…
The following is based on Cecile Revaux's talk at Alliance Against Displacement's panel on BC's municipal…
A Volcano primer on Metro Vancouver’s 2018 civic election
On Tuesday November 27th, Alliance Against Displacement organized a panel discussion to analyze the 2018 civic…
We beat Corrigan! Stop Demovictions movement stops Burnaby’s juggernaut…
As Hurley’s term begins, Stop Demovictions Burnaby’s work will intensify. While we must celebrate our movement’s…
Metrotown residents challenge anti-demoviction candidates to do “more than a…
On Thursday, October 18th, just days before the Municipal election, tenants facing demoviction and those fighting…
They get elected, we get evicted: Going beyond the inoffensive reforms of…
The 2018 municipal elections in British Columbia are significant in two ways: one, they are dominated by “the…