Why is Vancouver’s Vision dominated city council going to court to defend an attack on homeless people started by its predecessor, the NPA? And if City Hall is willing to spend money to go to court and defend the right of business people to move homeless people off the street, why won’t it go to…
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Gentrification & Displacement
Street market or flea market? Vancouver City Hall continues to politically…
The City is planning to relocate the popular Sunday Pigeon Park Street Market to 501 Powell Street (kitty…
Challenging the Canadian race/national assumptions under BC’s “foreign investor”…
On Tuesday August 2nd the government of British Columbia placed a new tax on “foreign” investment in housing. The…
“I slept in on purpose this morning!” By Marvin, temporary resident of suite 106…
I was living in the Orwell Hotel in the Downtown Eastside for the last two years. I didn't like it because my…
“This is private property and you have to leave”: By Mohammad, temporary resident…
I immigrated to Canada from Iran in 1999. I came here for economic and political reasons. I was hoping…
“There should be placement before displacement!” By Karl, Nisga’a Nation,…
I came to the Vancouver area 25 years ago from Northern BC, in Prince Rupert, where I had an apartment. It was the…
“We’re not going home and we’re not giving up” – 58…
On Saturday July 9th we set up a tent city at 58 W. Hastings in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. I'm one of…
Homeless & Demovicted People Unite! Joint call-out from the simultaneous…
The July 9th housing justice day of action called by Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users has spilled over from…
The Demovicted “Paint-In” the empties in Metrotown
June 30th was eviction day for nearly 100 people in three buildings on the 5000 block of Imperial Ave in a…
Open Letter to Canada’s Housing Ministers: Stop Displacement and End…
Dear Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Ministers responsible for housing and homelessness,
Today we…