On March 22nd, the Federal government released the 2017 budget. The budget commits $11.2 billion to housing over 11 years. Mainstream media has celebrated the housing budget. Huffington Post’s headline was “Liberals Dedicate Billions For Affordable Housing” and Global News called it a “Big…
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Homelessness
Homelessness is not a crime – Resistance to the criminalization of homeless…
In the week leading up to cheque day at the end of November, the Downtown Eastside had the highest number…
“It’s gotten creepy down here now” – Police Occupy the Strip in Surrey
In early December 2016, the City of Surrey and the RCMP launched a new surveillance and containment…
Keep Warm, Burn Out the Warming Shelters
On Thursday, January 12th, Vancouver Parks Board entertained a motion to direct staff to suspend…
Go ahead displace me, you’re going to have to kill me to get me to stop fighting
Well to be quite honest I only recently came to know what DISPLACEMENT means. Being displaced is first of all…
Cancelling the promised Maple Ridge shelter is part of a broader anti-poor…
Anyone who has driven Highway 7 east of Coquitlam since the summer will be familiar with the Ridgeilante…
Criminalization of homelessness continues as Thornton Park tent city forcibly…
Around 9:30 am on the morning of November 25, 2016, police arrested seven people at the new Thornton Park tent city…
Tent City Residents Displaced from 58 W Hastings Move to New Site
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
This evening, residents of the 58 W. Hastings tent city were ordered…
Vision Vancouver fights for the power to remove homeless people from downtown…
Why is Vancouver’s Vision dominated city council going to court to defend an attack on homeless people started…
“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…