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Renters Demand a Green New Deal

On May 25, 2019 the VTU hosted a town hall discussion focused on the intersection of tenant struggles and the Pact for a Green New Deal: an ambitious policy platform to retool and restructure the economy to face the crisis of climate change within the next decade and democratize society in the process.
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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. 

A photo of the Brightside building sign of Alice Saunders 2924 Venables Street on a sunny day. A poster written in bold marker says 100 new units will destroy our community forever

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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.

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All-Spanish Language Info Session for Community in Vancouver: More to Come

On April 9: VTU Steering Committee member Rocco Trigueros organized a Spanish-speaking tenants’ rights session for the community in Vancouver. There are about 37,000 people in Vancouver with Spanish as their first language. 

     The shot includes about 8 people who sit with their backs to the camera facing a panel of 4 VTU presenters           

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Vancouver Tenants Union
Unit 216 -
268 Keefer St.
Vancouver, BC V6A 1X6

Unceded and occupied territory of the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw
(Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
Email: [email protected]

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