July 2025 Newsletter

July 2025 Newsletter Summer is well upon us, and we hope you’re staying cool. Here at the VTU, we know there’s nothing cooler than tenant solidarity: organizing with your neighbours and directly confronting real estate capital. Since part of tenant solidarity is keeping each other safe, we're sharing Riot Street Medicine's very informative printable zines on extreme heat first aid: 1) Instagram 2) Printable Zine (A bit hard to read on a computer, apologies!) Continue reading

Fight Fascism, Not Migrants: Stop Bill C-2!

Mark Carney’s Bill C-2, also known as the “Strong Borders Act”, gives state agents sweeping powers to cancel immigration status, shut the door on asylum seekers and spy on everyone. This is part of a long history of scapegoating migrants for conditions caused by capitalism and colonialism - systems our government upholds. Continue reading

Come out to VTU's June General Meeting!

On June 28th, the Vancouver Tenants Union will gather for our next General Meeting, where we will learn, strategize, and discuss what impacts tenants in the city. This month's GM is being hosted by the East Side chapter! Continue reading

VTU in Solidarity with CUPW

December 9th, 2024 The Vancouver Tenants Union is in solidarity with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) striking against Canada Post for the past three weeks. Continue reading

Vancouver Tenants Union 2024 AGM Announcement

Hello members! Our 2024 AGM will take place on November 17th from 11am to 5pm at the Birdhouse, located at 44 West 4th Avenue in Vancouver.   Please RSVP at this link, and see our AGM page for details and links.

BC Provincial Government Talks Big About Protecting Renters but Vancouver Tenants Union Says Key Changes Are Missing

***For Immediate Release***   BC Provincial Government Talks Big About Protecting Renters but Vancouver Tenants Union Says Key Changes Are Missing April 2, 2024   VANCOUVER, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES   Today the BC Minister of Housing announced proposed changes to the Residential Tenancy Act aimed at protecting tenants from bad-faith evictions, but the Vancouver Tenants Union urges the province to finish closing the loopholes that were left behind. Continue reading

Don't Rent from the Cucurulls, Immopolis, or Topo Immobilier: Solidarity Against Landlord Intimidation in Montreal

Montreal tenants stand along a picket line surrounding the offices of the Cucurulls, landlords who run the companies Topo Immobilier and Immopolis Continue reading

STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND CONDEMNATION OF ISRAELI APARTHEID

October 15th, 2023 The Vancouver Tenants Union stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people. We strongly condemn the violence wrought by decades of occupation by the Israeli state, and the retaliatory and genocidal war that this state has declared against the Palestinian people. We mourn the deaths of all in this war, and we stand in support of members of our organization who have been directly and indirectly affected by the most recent attacks. We call on all people of conscience to speak out to demand an immediate ceasefire and an end to the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. We recognize that staying neutral on this issue is tantamount to condoning the decades of violence perpetrated by the Israeli state.    Continue reading

Here for Keir: Tenants Rally Against Wrongful Eviction in Mount Pleasant

This story was originally published on The Mainlander and has been reposted here with permission. Click here to read the original article by VTU members Tintin Yang and Ben Ger and the Our Homes Can't Wait Coalition. Photo credit: Andrei Mihailiuk Continue reading