Housing Myth: The Housing Crisis is Caused by Foreign Capital
In this Housing Myth series the Vancouver Tenants Union digs into prevailing social, cultural, and economic myths about housing. Join us and see just how flimsy these capitalist-derived myths really are.
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Housing Myth: The Housing Crisis is a supply/demand issue caused by a lack of housing supply
In this Housing Myth series the Vancouver Tenants' Union digs into prevailing social, cultural, and economic myths about housing. Join us and see just how flimsy these capitalist-derived myths really are.
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TENANT POWER, WE LIFT US: PHS fixes elevator, concedes to Portland Tenants Union’s primary demand
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
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We Lift Us Up: PHS Tenants Unionize to Fight Brutal Conditions
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.
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A Brief History of Little Mountain: Lessons for the Housing Struggle
The following piece was written by VTU member Nathan Crompton.
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David Eby will be yet another anti-renter premier
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?
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Where did four years fighting at city hall get us?
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.
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Solidarity with the "Our Streets" Statement on the Hastings Street Tent City Fire Order.
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.
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Balfour Block Tenants Facing Demoviction Demand Stronger Protections
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:
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B.C.'s Additional Rent Increase Legislation: A backgrounder
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.
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