Vancouver Council’s Cruel Priorities: Developers Before the Poor
Vancouver Council’s Cruel Priorities: Developers Before the Poor Vancouver has long been at the epicenter of Canada’s housing crisis. Skyrocketing rents, record homelessness, and a […]
Vancouver Tenants’ Union
Latest Homeless Count Highlights Urgency to Support Young People
Recently published on the Vancouver Sun website, written by Deb Lester, CEO of Covenant House Vancouver The recently released 2025 Greater Vancouver Homeless Count report […]
Number of homeless deaths tripled over four years
Over 450 homeless people died in B.C. in 2023, according to coroner. Since 2016, 1,940 homeless people have died in B.C., according to chief coroner […]
Four years later, Vancouver homeless centre still not open
A 60-bed ‘navigation centre’ announced in August 2020 is still in the planning stages.ads A 60-bed “navigation centre” for homeless people in Vancouver that was […]
BC NDP under fire for progress on homelessness despite massive spending
Premier David Eby found himself on the defensive this week over his government’s inability to make progress clearing homeless encampments, despite hundreds of millions of […]
B.C. Supreme Court rules against Vancouver group’s challenge to stop supportive-housing project for homeless
Residents of a Kitsilano neighbourhood say they’re alarmed by the news the provincial government is changing legislation to push through a controversial social housing project. […]
Over 100,000 B.C. households on the verge of homelessness
“THE RENTAL CRISIS IS WORSE (IN B.C.) THAN PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.” The average rent in B.C. increased 30 per cent from 2016 to […]
Vancouver homeless people in tents get evicted
Vancouver police clashed with residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside as the city began to remove an encampment there. The city’s fire chief ordered the tents […]
Eviction Self Defence Handbook (learn your rights!)
Eviction Self Defence Handbook (learn your rights!) As a tenant in British Columbia, you have rights under residential tenancy law, and your landlord has responsibilities. […]
Small wins keep Vancouver activist Fiona York from losing hope
Homeless have run out of places where they can be, so parks are about the only option, advocate says Poet and author Charles Bukowski described […]