Vancouver Council Expands Tenant Relocation Policy - But Not Much Else
Following Cllr Jean Swanson’s motion to protect tenants from renovictions and aggressive buyouts - which VTU members rallied council to pass last December - city staff completed their final report back and recommendations...
Renters Demand a Green New Deal
Demoviction: Hastings-Sunrise Seniors Fighting to Stay
A Call for Support of Alice Saunders Residents
Alice Saunders House is home to 64 low income seniors and managed by non-profit Brightside Community Homes Foundation. Brightside has decided to invest a $18.1 million grant from the BC government in demolishing Alice Saunders Building and replacing it with a mixed market and non-market building.
Video: "Capital City" Author Samuel Stein Visits
On May 21, the VTU and The Mainlander co-hosted a panel discussion on gentrification and housing justice organizing with author Samuel Stein and local housing activists Sydney Ball, Nathan Crompton, and Nat Lowe.
Read moreWest End Chapter Launch
On March 24th 2019, the inaugural meeting of the VTU West End Chapter took place at Gordon Neighbourhood House...
Read moreJoin 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".
Read moreHastings Sunrise Chapter - First Meeting
One Tuesday Jan 29th, Hastings Sunrise tenants met to initiate a VTU local chapter in this renter-heavy neighbourhood.
Read more*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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