Advocates say the death of Dino Bundy shows need for housing solutions Dino (Boomer) Bundy moved into an electrical closet after he was locked out of his low-cost rental unit in Vancouver. CBC’s Susana da Silva spoke with him about his struggle to find shelter just days before he died in the place where he … Read more
After the profound statement from Park Board Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon who said. “I’m asking the federal government, the provincial government, and the city to declare this an emergency — a crisis.” some of the people camping at Oppenheimer Park on the Downtown Eastside have made a move — to Vancouver City Hall. They’ve to set up … Read more
Everywhere I’ve canvassed around Vancouver for the past two weeks, I’m meeting and talking to lots of people who are angry about the recently announced rent hikes. Renters in this city have had enough, and many homeowners also express their opposition to the hikes. But there’s at least one group supporting the latest hikes. Landlord BC … Read more
Thursday, May 3 at 12 PM – 2 PM Next Week · 10–20° Mostly Sunny Vancouver City Hall 453 West 12th, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Y1V4 “We will never get what we need unless we ask for it.” – Jean Swanson What: Launch of a people’s platform: “The City We Need” Where: Vancouver City Hall, 12th and Cambie, South entrance (front) … Read more
FRIDAY FEB 16 2018. Carnegie Community Action Projects’s Lenée Son and Jean Swanson will speak on the panel for the film “Vancouver: No Fixed Address,” a film that seeks to document the battle of multi-ethnic citizens “to preserve homes as living spaces instead of global financial commodities. If you can make it, the evening promises … Read more
The focus of a forum Saturday on the future of housing in Vancouver abruptly shifted to those with no homes at all, when an advocate for the homeless took over from city staff. The City of Vancouver’s “Big Conversation” brought dozens of concerned citizens to the Hillcrest Community Centre, where Mayor Gregor Robertson called for a … Read more
‘Closing Shelters Is A Human Rights Violation’ While the City Council is discussing a new housing reset report, aiming to build more housing for the middle class, shelter residents are being sent back to the streets. Yet you are paying Kathleen Thomas (housing) and Sadhu Johnston (City Manager) get 400k of your money in salary. … Read more
Homeless population at an all-time high in Vancouver and across the region Has the city given up on the homeless? That was a question I put to two of the city’s top bureaucrats – Gil Kelley and Kathleen Llewellyn-Thomas – in a scrum last Thursday after reporters received an update on the city’s new … Read more
JUNE 2017 UPDATE : JIM DE HOOP IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY OF VANCOUVER. According to the dictionary Extortion is defined as “obtaining (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means. So when Jim De Hoop, the director of Social Development for the city of Vancouver, blocked a homeless advocate from eating at the … Read more