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Where did four years fighting at city hall get us?

They say you can’t fight city hall - but in the wake of the 2018 municipal elections, our newly formed tenants union took an aggressive tack to do just that - to bring tenant voices and tenant-centred policies into Vancouver’s city hall and to test a new politically fractured council.

 

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Solidarity with the "Our Streets" Statement on the Hastings Street Tent City Fire Order.

July 29, 2022 

The Vancouver Tenants Union stands in solidarity with the Our Streets Statement on the Hastings Street Tent City Fire Order. The VTU calls on the City of Vancouver to immediately end the order to decamp unhoused residents in the Downtown Eastside.  

We are in the middle of a pandemic, a toxic drug supply crisis, and a heat wave. It is an act of sanctioned murder for the City to dismantle these encampments during an extreme heat warning, particularly when there is nowhere to go for shade or shelter. When Our Streets asked what housing options would be made available to residents being decamped, they were given no answer. This violates the City’s MOU on decampment and pushes unhoused residents into life-threatening danger.

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Balfour Block Tenants Facing Demoviction Demand Stronger Protections

A group of Balfour Block tenants and VTU members inside City Hall holding a banner that reads: \

July 21, 2022

VANCOUVER, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES

Over 70 tenants are facing demoviction on 906-982 W 18th Ave and 907-969 W 19th Ave (Balfour Block) have organized and submitted a collective letter to the City of Vancouver in order to give them a fighting chance to stay in their neighborhood. The Balfour Tenants Collective’s demands include:

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“Renters Plan” to Mark the Launch of Tenant Resistance Movement Against Broadway Plan’s Transit-Oriented Displacement

***For Immediate Release***

May 16, 2022

VANCOUVER, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES

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VTU Members' Municipal Policy Demands

***For immediate release***

March 2, 2022

At our General Meeting on February 20, VTU members passed a motion supporting the following municipal policy demands...

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VTU Members Organize Against the Developers Lobby to Expand Protection for Affordable Rentals Units

On March 11th, renters and VTU members spoke in favour of a proposal to expand the City of Vancouver’s "Rental Housing Stock Official Development Plan" to Commercial zones across the city.

Map of Vancouver showing highlighting arterial streets in red that are zoned C2 and would affected by the policy change

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326 Nanaimo: What We Learned


Eight demovicted tenants at 326 Nanaimo St. fought to get the relocation they were promised by the City of Vancouver, with the organizing help of VTU, and support of the broader community. 

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City’s Re-Vamped Tenant “Protections” Are More Buyouts

 

A Perspective from a Renovicted Tenant Who Qualifies for TRPP

 

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Marpole Tenants Fight for Housing Justice


Read the original article by VTU member Lisa Descary on Springmag.ca

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Acting Fast under Threat of Sahota Evictions

Image: Sahota buildings on Wall St.

VTU organizers were alerted in late August that as many as 20 tenants in two buildings on Wall St. had received eviction notices

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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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