About three months ago, Darcy and his friend Kathy set up a tent at the edge of a floodplain in the City of Langley’s Nicomekl park. They had been displaced from their previous campsite and thought the park offered a visible location and some distance from the nearest neighbors. Soon, more tents…
Read More...
Browsing Tag
Housing Crisis & Struggles
On Eviction Day, Super InTent City Releases Collective Housing Demands
*Thanks to those who contributed their opinions for this submission and who wish to remain anonymous.…
“We Are People” – Collective Demands for Housing
Super InTent City (SIC) is a leader in the movement against displacement and for housing justice. SIC has…
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…
Hell No! We won’t go! Anti-Demovictions parade shows the Metrotown tenants’…
The rally and parade on Saturday, July 23 organized by Stop Demovictions in Burnaby and Alliance Against…
“The role of the police is to intimidate and harass homeless people”- Rituals of…
Along 135A Street in Surrey (aka, the Strip), homeless people gather together in small groups, erect tents and…
“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…
BC Supreme Court backs developer’s private property rights over homeless peoples’…
During the twelve days of the Anti-Imperial Squat in Metrotown, more than a dozen homeless people passed through…