September 2020 [Virtual] General Meeting
43 VTU members attended our first online general meeting on September 25, 2020. Here is what happened...
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VTU Members' Provincial Election Demands
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September 22, 2020
At our General Meeting on Sept 19, VTU members moved a motion supporting the following items as our union's priorities during the provincial election:
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B.C. Tenants Report Deteriorating Mental Health, Going Hungry, and Fears About Making Rent
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August 24, 2020
With the province-wide ban on evictions for non-payment of rent set to end Sept 1st, the Vancouver Tenants Union (VTU) surveyed 400 renters about their rent situations and their overall well-being. The results were alarming.
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2020 Virtual AGM
The VTU's third Annual General Meeting was held on the unceded and occupied territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh on July 25th, 2020. Due to the pandemic, members were invited to attend and participate online or via telephone. Here's what happened...
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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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April 2020 [Virtual] General Meeting
59 VTU members attended our first online general meeting on April 25, 2020. Here is what happened...
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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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