West End Chapter Launch
On March 24th 2019, the inaugural meeting of the VTU West End Chapter took place at Gordon Neighbourhood House...
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Join VTU in Supporting the Motion to Re-Conceptualize City's Rental 100 Program
Vancouver Cllr. Jean Swanson is bringing a motion to City Council next Wednesday, April 3 to stop giving subsidies (in the form of Development Cost Levy (DCL) waivers) for the construction of luxury, unaffordable rentals incorrectly named "affordable for-profit market rentals".
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Hastings Sunrise Chapter - First Meeting
One Tuesday Jan 29th, Hastings Sunrise tenants met to initiate a VTU local chapter in this renter-heavy neighbourhood.
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Analysis: Rental Housing Task Force Recommendations
The 2018 Rental Housing Task Force (RHTF) was meant to “advise on how to improve security and fairness for renters and rental housing providers throughout the province." However, from its outset the consultation process did not take into account the inherent power imbalances between landlords and renters.
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Tenants and Advocates from across BC Urge Province to Implement Vacancy Control
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 12, 2018
Today the BC Rental Housing Task Force announced its recommendations after consulting with tenants province wide. The following groups are extremely concerned that vacancy control, the policy of limiting rent increases between tenancies, is not one of the recommendations put forward by the task force.
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*Partial* Victory to Ban Renovictions in Vancouver
On December 4th Vancouver city council voted unanimously in favor of an amended motion to ban renovictions.
It is a partial victory, but a victory nonetheless.
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Standing up to Serial Renovictors: VS Rentals
Earlier this year, VTU's Outreach and Advocacy Team (OAT) discovered that a company that was carrying out mass renovictions of entire apartment buildings across the Lower Mainland...
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Real Rent Control Now: Letter to the BC Rental Housing Task Force
In light of certain statements made this week in the media, The Vancouver Tenants Union (VTU) thought it necessary to reiterate that the implementation of Vacancy Control —tying rent control to a unit, instead of a tenant— is the most critical improvement that can be made to the Residential Tenancy Act at this time to protect tenants.
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Civic Election 2018 - Renters Report Card
The VTU created a report card for renters to know candidates running in the 2018 Vancouver municipal elections stand on key renters' issues and encourage our members to vote on October 20th...
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4.5% Hike Means Fight!
Here's a quick re-cap on the events that led up to the BC Government lowering the annual allowable rent increase from 4.5% to 2.5% for 2019...
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