This story was originally published on The Mainlander and has been reposted here with permission. Click here to read the original article by the Our Homes Can't Wait Coalition. Photo credit: AJ Withers Continue reading

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

  The following piece was written by VTU member Nathan Crompton. Continue reading

On December 7th, 2022 recently re-elected OneCity councillor Christine Boyle celebrated the unanimous passage of her motion “Reducing Barriers and Deepening Affordability for Non-Profit, Co-op and Social Housing in Every Neighbourhood”. It was her second time bringing the motion to council, this time with lively support from non-profit housing developers, the Vancouver & District Labour Council and Women Transforming Cities. Continue reading

In case you haven’t heard, David Eby is running to be the next premier of British Columbia, and there’s a buzz of excitement from commentators about what that could mean for BC’s housing unaffordability policies. But does Eby’s record and proposals match the progressive veneer he’s cultivated for himself? Continue reading

They say you can’t fight city hall - but in the wake of the 2018 municipal elections, our newly formed tenants union took an aggressive tack to do just that - to bring tenant voices and tenant-centred policies into Vancouver’s city hall and to test a new politically fractured council.   Continue reading

July 29, 2022  The Vancouver Tenants Union stands in solidarity with the Our Streets Statement on the Hastings Street Tent City Fire Order. The VTU calls on the City of Vancouver to immediately end the order to decamp unhoused residents in the Downtown Eastside.   Continue reading

July 21, 2022 VANCOUVER, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES Over 70 tenants are facing demoviction on 906-982 W 18th Ave and 907-969 W 19th Ave (Balfour Block) have organized and submitted a collective letter to the City of Vancouver in order to give them a fighting chance to stay in their neighborhood. The Balfour Tenants Collective’s demands include: Continue reading

The following article was researched and written by member Dianne Varga, an organizer and life-long tenant currently living on the unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.   Continue reading

***For Immediate Release*** May 16, 2022 VANCOUVER, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES Continue reading