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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RTB gives Township of Langley greenlight to demovict low-income tenants
The Township of Langley is trying to evict five low-income tenants from their home, but has never served those…
Tenants picket landlord’s mansion after he locks them out of their homes
For the past two and half months tenants at 6659 Dow Avenue have been calling on their developer-landlord,…
A tale of two slumlords
Last Tuesday, I spent the afternoon walking around Whalley, a low-income neighbourhood in downtown Surrey,…
RTB orders ‘intimi-victions’ landlord to apologize, stop intimidating tenant
Last year, investor-landlords Bill Mitsui and Tyler Zhang purchased a low-rise apartment building in Maple Ridge…
Abolish “the homeless” from autonomous working class and Indigenous struggle
The Volcano is publishing a series of excerpts from documents prepared for Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial…
Displacement by Disrepair: Metrotown tenants organize against landlord neglect
The Dow Avenue Tenants Group is calling for an end to the chronic disrepair and unhealthy living conditions caused…
Dow Avenue Tenant Group Letter sent to Matchpoint & Peterson Commercial
Matchpoint Development Ltd. …
Eviction Defence Network joins the Autonomous Tenants’ Union Network:…
“The Autonomous Tenants’ Union Network (ATUN) is a collaborative of tenants’ unions who have chosen to remain…
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…