Raising awareness and helping the homeless connect and succeed
Half of people surveyed said lack of income and lack of affordable housing main reason for plight Housing costs and a lack of income are driving up the numbers of Lower Mainland homeless, 22 per cent of whom were employed…
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On Monday, July 24th 2017 Burnaby City Council will vote on its destructive “Metrotown Downtown Plan.” If this plan is approved, the entire Metrotown neighbourhood will be impacted: thousands of rental apartments will be demolished to make way for high-rise…
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Beyond the Election: The Housing We Need Townhall to discuss the BC election and the struggle against demovictions When: Wednesday, May 3rd, 6:30pm 2017 Where: Burnaby Neighbourhood House (4460 Beresford Street) The 2017 BC election is taking place during the heights…
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At 9am on Friday April 28th, one week before the 2017 BC election and two weeks after the release of the highest homeless count in Vancouver history, a dozen homeless people and a group of supporters took over a city…
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9 students have been sleeping outside with few amenities for the past 5 days on campus A group of University of British Columbia students immersed themselves in the homeless life this week in order to raise funds for homelessness initiatives….
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Over the past 30 years, the Canadian labour market has experienced the proliferation of low-wage, precarious, temporary jobs that, when coupled with the rising cost of living across the nation, make it difficult for many Canadians to have the security…
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What are “Red Zones” and how do they impact the lives of marginalized people? Join Douglas C. King on Feb. 15
OTTAWA, Jan. 27, 2017 /CNW/ – Three leading national housing and homelessness organizations today jointly called on the federal government to commit to long-term investment on the scale needed to tackle the housing crisis in Budget 2017. The three organizations –…
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It is sad to report that Kathleen Llewellyn-Thomas who was fired from Toronto City Hall then got hired at Vancouver City Hall is now AGAIN accused of wrong doing. This time she supported the abuse of a homeless advocate and…
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Alex Himelfarb and Roy Romanow are co-chairs of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Homelessness has been an issue for so long many view it as a natural fixture of our world. Inevitable. Unfixable. Quite simply, that’s not the case….
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