BC Government Paves Way For Mass Evictions This Fall
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July 16th 2020
Today the Government of British Columbia announced that the ban on evictions due to non-payment of rent will be removed on September 1st, paving the way for thousands of the most vulnerable tenants in BC to become targets of evictions by their landlords.
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1,117 renters say no evictions, no rent debt
An open letter to Minister Selina Robinson, Premier John Horgan, and MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert:
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Status of Renters in May
It’s May. Here’s what the picture for renters in Vancouver looks like:
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BC and federal governments facilitate massive transfer of wealth from bottom to top as renters unable to pay continue to organize
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April 2nd 2020
Due to weeks of inaction by federal and BC provincial governments to get support measures out by rent day, thousands of renters with partial or no income have hit a financial wall.
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Under pressure, B.C. Enacts a *Nearly* Universal Moratorium on Evictions
***For immediate release***March 26th, 2020 Provincial Government enacts a nearly universal moratorium on evictions but leaves many questions left unanswered
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BC Government fails to enact universal moratorium on evictions placing thousands of renters' lives at risk
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March 23rd 2020
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VTU Calls on Province & City to Enact an Evictions Moratorium During Coronavirus Outbreak
Dear Minister Selina Robinson and Mayor Kennedy Stewart,
The Vancouver Tenants Union and other organizations are calling for an immediate moratorium on all evictions in light of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
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City Renters Services Grant Update
On February 26, Vancouver City Council approved our union's application for the Renters Services Grant. VTU membership will have opportunity to vote on whether our union accepts the grant at our Annual General Meeting on March 22nd.
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VTU Members Vote for New Office Space!
At the January 25 VTU General Meeting, members voted to sign a lease starting in February for a small office space in the Sun Wah building on Keefer Street in Chinatown.
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Episode Four of Vancouver Housing Stories: Community and Self-Determination
This episode of Vancouver Housing Stories centres around the life we can build with our neighbours, if we want it. From seniors fighting to keep their collective home, to new families struggling to find space for home, the stories in this episode drive home that no model of housing can succeed without really listening to the residents themselves.
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