At the end of March, four Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) organizers went to San Francisco to learn about how people there are organizing to fight gentrification. The four are King-mong Chan, Jannie Leung, Chanel Ly and Wendy Pedersen. On April 20th The Volcano interviewed Wendy and Chanel…
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Housing Crisis & Struggles
Homeless on the Strip in Surrey
My name is Wanda and I live in Surrey on the strip (135A Street). I’ve been on the strip for 2 years now. I…
Grassroots “Demovictions” Report Warns of Metrotown’s Collision Course with Mass…
By the end of the decade, every old low-rise apartment building on the square block around Dunblane Ave in Burnaby…
Federal Budget Dashes Housing Hopes: By Jean Swanson
A lot of people had high hopes for housing in the federal budget that was delivered on March 22. The City of…
The Reality of Displacement in the DTES comic: By Debra McNaught
Comic by Debra McNaught
Court victory over anti-homeless bylaws!: By Pivot Legal Society and DJ Larkin
In late 2015 the BC Supreme Court ruled against the City of Abbotsford’s anti-homeless bylaws. Homeless people in…
Housing Insecurity and Uncertainty is the New Normal: An Interview with Sherry…
Sherry Chen, her husband David, and their two young children have lived in a one-bedroom apartment on Dunblane…
The Housing Crisis for Women Fleeing Violence in Surrey: By Corrine Arthur and…
Where do I live? How do I pay for it? How can I keep my kids safe?
The Surrey Women’s Centre has been around…
People at Downtown Eastside Town Hall meeting strategize to stop homeless crisis:…
A National Housing Crisis day, tent cities across the country, and identifying and working to get specific…
“Our work is a warning to other landlords” – Tenants fight to improve living…
Mohammad Valayati doesn’t want the same thing to happen to the residents of the Lion Hotel that happened at the…