Acting Fast under Threat of Sahota Evictions
VTU organizers were alerted in late August that as many as 20 tenants in two buildings on Wall St. had received eviction notices
Read moreVancouver 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...
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.
Join 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 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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