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…