Shane's eviction, similar to the evictions of residents of RainCity's shelter side, was arbitrary. At the beginning of the month, he knocked on a friend's door on the shelter side of 3030 Gordon. Instead of finding his friend, he was hit in the head with a steel bar by the person inside the room.!-->…
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BC NDP’s Fake Renoviction Ban: Band-Aids, Bullshit & Brutality
All tenants know the first of the month as the day in which we have to fork over a good portion of our income to a!-->…
Eviction Defense Network shames landlord at his West Vancouver Home
Earlier this month, Joyce Lachance's low-income, disabled son Curtis was evicted by landlords Bill Mitsui and!-->…
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!-->…
Coquitlam Bylaw’s War on the Poor: Sid and Sharon’s Story
In mid-January, Coquitlam bylaw officers showed up at Sid and Sharon's home. Without providing any paperwork the!-->…
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!-->…
The typical “7k marathon” day of a homeless woman in Nanaimo
I was talking to a friend of mine who does outreach the other day and we both came up with the same word to!-->…
Making space for community self-defence: An interview with the Whalley Centre’s…
Wanda Stopa is a long-time street community leader in the Whalley neighbourhood of Surrey, a low-income area in!-->…
Tenants resist profiteering investor-landlord’s…
Life at Cityviews Village, a low-rise apartment in Maple Ridge, has been hell ever since private investment firm!-->…