B.C. Tenants Report Deteriorating Mental Health, Going Hungry, and Fears About Making Rent
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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.
BC Government Paves Way For Mass Evictions This Fall
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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.
Read more1,117 renters say no evictions, no rent debt
An open letter to Minister Selina Robinson, Premier John Horgan, and MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert:
Read moreStatus of Renters in May
It’s May. Here’s what the picture for renters in Vancouver looks like:
Read moreBC and federal governments facilitate massive transfer of wealth from bottom to top as renters unable to pay continue to organize
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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.
Read moreUnder pressure, B.C. Enacts a *Nearly* Universal Moratorium on Evictions
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March 26th, 2020
Provincial Government enacts a nearly universal moratorium on evictions but leaves many questions left unanswered
VTU Calls on Province & City to Enact an Evictions Moratorium During Coronavirus Outbreak
Dear Minister Selina Robinson and Mayor Kennedy Stewart,
The Vancouver Tenants Union and other organizations are calling for an immediate moratorium on all evictions in light of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Read moreTenants Still Fighting Renovictions as Laws Slowly Shift
Five months after the disappointing Rental Housing Task Force report, the provincial government is still dragging its heels on action against renovictions and other tenant protections.
Province Slow To Roll Out Renoviction Protections
Five months on from the disappointing Rental Housing Task Force report, provincial government drags its heels on action against renovictions and other tenant protections
