We acknowledge the unceded Lekwungen Territories on which Super InTent City stands and thank the people who shared their stories for this article.
Forty tents set up on the Victoria courthouse lawn surround a sacred fire, open kitchen, and supply tent. Within its first three months, over a…
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Gentrification & Displacement
How do we work together to stop displacement when it seems like everything is…
Alliance Against Displacement (AAD) (originally Social Housing Coalition/Alliance) formed in the lead-up…
Solutions to the housing crisis may be found in alliance between homeless and…
In mid January, resettlement agencies in Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto and Halifax asked the federal…
DTES Street Sweeps are Social Cleansing
It’s eerie.
In November, as everyone in the community knows, the City of Vancouver acted on its decision…
National Conference to End Homelessness 2015 – Expensive lunches while…
In November I was a delegate from the Downtown Eastside to the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness…
Social Mix is Exclusion
I’ve lived in Vancouver for thirteen years, in SROs for seven, I was homeless for about eight months, and now I…
Vancouver’s new hotel bylaw – salvation or smokescreen?
Did Vancouver City Council make changes to its SRO hotel room bylaw that will help stop renovictions? Or did…
Strathcona sexual assault reveals the safety of some women is worth more than…
On Thursday March 26th, a woman in Strathcona, Vancouver, was attacked and sexually assaulted by a stranger in her…
The Ugly Reality of Anti-Poor Hatred
“People who sleep alone in the woods are in more danger than people in the camp. They’re always in danger,” Mum…
Devastated and Betrayed – Community in Surrey Faces Eviction
Photos from the June 16, 2015 rally against the displacement of Park Mobile manufactured home park…