The Township of Langley is trying to evict five low-income tenants from their home, but has never served those tenants with a legal eviction notice since purchasing the property last October. Instead, the Township asked the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) to award it an Order of Possession in…
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Evicted during COVID-19
A tale of two slumlords
Last Tuesday, I spent the afternoon walking around Whalley, a low-income neighbourhood in downtown Surrey,…
RainCity uses dubious ‘transitional housing’ claim to evict tenant…
Shane's eviction, similar to the evictions of residents of RainCity's shelter side, was arbitrary. At the…
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…
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…
Lying landlord uses legal loopholes to evict tenants to the streets
Evicted during COVID-19
Two Surrey tenants were made homeless after their unscrupulous landlord lied to the…
A Surrey tenant’s fight against a slumlord
Johnathan has been living in his suite since 2014. In seven years, his landlord has only come to mow the lawn,…
Surrey renter faces eviction through BC’s state of emergency “health and safety”…
Evicted During COVID-19
Michelle Leggeh called us at the end of April, after her husband brought home our…
Evicted during COVID-19: Modular housing tenant barricades herself in her room to…
Update: On May 18, Kristina received a notice from Lookout Health and Housing Society, stating that her eviction…