November 2019 General Meeting
48 VTU members attended the general meeting on November 16, 2019. Here is what happened...
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326 Nanaimo Demoviction Update
Tenants at 326 Nanaimo continue to face demoviction as the situation raises serious questions about the efficacy of the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy...
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City’s Re-Vamped Tenant “Protections” Are More Buyouts
A Perspective from a Renovicted Tenant Who Qualifies for TRPP
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Marpole Tenants Fight for Housing Justice
Read the original article by VTU member Lisa Descary on Springmag.ca
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September 2019 General Meeting
53 VTU members attended our General Meeting on Sept 21. Here's what happened...
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Anti-Renoviction Flea Market & Silent Auction Sept. 14
Come out to help your tenants union raise funds for advocacy costs associated with fighting renovictions, promoting tenants' rights, multilingual tenant organizing, and more!
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Nanaimo St. Demoviction Raises Doubts About Tenant Protection Policy
Tenants at 326 Nanaimo are facing demoviction and have joined VTU hoping to secure the rights and compensation afforded them by the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy (TRPP). All tenants are vulnerable, low income, and have been paying significantly lower than CMHC average rent for the area.
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Acting Fast under Threat of Sahota Evictions
VTU organizers were alerted in late August that as many as 20 tenants in two buildings on Wall St. had received eviction notices
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Vancouver Tenants Union Creates Fund For Multilingual Tenant Organizing
[Solheim Place tenants in April, 2019 Photo Credit: Nat Lowe]
July 7, 2019
VTU members voted unanimously in favour of a new “Language Access Fund”
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Marpole Chapter Launches
Tenant organizers in Marpole gathered at Marpole Neighbourhood house on July 23, 2019 to help create another new chapter of the VTU.
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