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VTU statement on the appointment of David Eby as Minister Responsible for Housing

***For Immediate Release***

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Public Letter to Dr. Henry, Ministers Dix, Robinson Regarding Reinstatement of Eviction Ban

Logos for Rent.Strike.Bargain Campaign and Vancouver Tenants Union

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VTU Members' Provincial Election Demands

***For immediate release***

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

***For immediate release***

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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BC Government Paves Way For Mass Evictions This Fall

***For immediate release***

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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BC and federal governments facilitate massive transfer of wealth from bottom to top as renters unable to pay continue to organize

***For immediate release***

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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Under pressure, B.C. Enacts a *Nearly* Universal Moratorium on Evictions

***For immediate release***

March 26th, 2020 

Provincial Government enacts a nearly universal moratorium on evictions but leaves many questions left unanswered

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BC Government fails to enact universal moratorium on evictions placing thousands of renters' lives at risk

***For immediate release***

March 23rd 2020 

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