Housing
Tent-pitching protestor in Victoria receives jail time
By February 8, 2012 12:00 pmIn an apparent protest over the "right for homeless people to have a designated public space," David Arthur Johnston was arrested in Victoria last Thursday for breaching court-ordered conditions and pitching a tent in the city's Centennial Square, according to a report by B Channel News. Read more…
Filed inMonth on welfare challenge wins more media attention than years as critic
By January 31, 2012 08:00 am 3 commentsSurrey-Fleetwood MLA Jagrup Brar's effort to live for a month on a welfare-level income of $610 has generated many more headlines than his years as the official opposition's critic on the file ever did. Read more…
DTES tenants being squeezed by gentrification, says new report
By December 14, 2011 02:39 pm 1 commentsLow-income residents of the Downtown Eastside are being squeezed out of affordable housing by "rapacious" real-estate development, warns a Vancouver anti-poverty group in a report released today. Read more…
Tenants in subsidized Olympic Village condos fear eviction over unexpected bills
By December 9, 2011 11:30 am 5 commentsTenants were surprised to receive utility bills from a third-party billing company called Enerpro and say they can't afford to pay. Read more…
Filed inProtestors occupy Vancouver condo construction site
By November 29, 2011 06:40 pm 1 commentsTwenty-one protestors have occupied a Downtown Eastside condo development in what they say is a message to the city and condo developers to build social housing and stop gentrification of the neighbourhood. Read more…
Filed inLively mayoral housing debate visited by Occupy Vancouver
By November 8, 2011 08:40 am 1 commentsCompared to a similar mayoral housing debate held at the same location in 2008 between Robertson and then-NPA councillor Peter Ladner, Monday's proceedings were much more intense, with a far larger audience alive with loud shouts and jeers throughout the night. Read more…
Filed inMayoral homelessness debate a sham: DTES residents
By November 8, 2011 08:11 amAs Mayor Gregor Robertson faced his main election opponent in a tense homelessness debate tonight, residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) in attendance called the debate a sham. Read more…
Filed inOwner of 'infamous' properties running for Victoria council
By October 17, 2011 10:42 am 1 commentsA person described in the media as a "slumlord" is among the candidates running for Victoria city council. Read more…
Filed inMinister Coleman lacks evidence for homeless claim: NDP critic
By October 12, 2011 05:32 pm 11 commentsIf the minister responsible for housing, Rich Coleman, is going to claim homelessness is dropping across British Columbia, he should provide some evidence, says NDP housing critic Shane Simpson. Read more…
Filed inGays and single parents face discrimination in rental housing: UBC study
By August 26, 2011 03:12 pm 1 commentsEven in one of Canada's largest and most diverse urban centres, a new UBC finds that single parents and male gay couples face more discrimination in Metro Vancouver's rental housing market, compared to straight couples. Read more…
Filed inVancouver non-profit to renovate two hazardous SROs
By August 18, 2011 07:50 pm 1 commentsTwo dilapidated and unsafe single-room-occupancy buildings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will finally get urgently needed repairs, but they'll be done by a local non-profit with a growing portfolio of renovated SROs -- not by now-infamous "slumlord" George Wolsey, who owns the buildings. Read more…
Filed inCity approves sweeping homelessness and housing strategy
By July 28, 2011 04:27 pm 2 commentsThe strategy aims to end homelessness in Vancouver by 2015 and to add over 38,000 new affordable housing units by 2021. Read more…
Filed inBC and federal government announce $180 million for affordable housing
By July 25, 2011 05:06 pm 3 commentsUnder a new joint-funding arrangement, the provincial and federal governments will contribute $90 million each towards new affordable housing developments in B.C. over the next three years. Read more…
Filed inOttawa, provinces reach $1.4-billion deal on affordable housing
By July 4, 2011 12:41 pmAfter more than a year of talks, Ottawa and the provinces have agreed to a framework for how to spend $1.4 billion on affordable housing over the next three years. Read more…
Filed in$38 million supportive housing project breaks ground in Vancouver
By June 27, 2011 05:37 pmA new supportive housing project – the eighth and largest created under a partnership of provincial and Vancouver city governments – broke ground this morning. When the $38 million building is completed in early 2013, it will accommodate 147 studio and single-bedroom units on West 2nd Avenue in the city’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. Read more…
Filed inHealth care lacking for homeless BC youths
By June 14, 2011 04:30 pmWhile fewer people may live on the streets of Metro Vancouver overall, significant gaps remain in the availability of primary health care for B.C.'s homeless, according to new data presented at Vancouver's Health of the Homeless Summit on Tuesday. Read more…
Homeless count finds fewer on streets, more in shelters
By May 24, 2011 02:05 pm 3 commentsFewer people live on the streets of Metro Vancouver and more live in temporary housing, according to a region-wide homeless count conducted over a 24-hour period in March. Read more…
Filed inNDP question Clark's Point Grey announcements
By May 5, 2011 04:33 pm 11 commentsThis morning Premier Christy Clark made a $6.7 million housing announcement in a constituency where she just happens to be running as a candidate in a by-election. Read more…
Filed inOlympic Village lawsuits inevitable, observer says
By March 18, 2011 09:39 am 11 commentsLawsuits by Olympic Village condo owners seeking refunds are inevitable after February’s 30 per cent price cuts, according to an industry observer. Read more…
Filed inOlympic Village protests ends in 10 arrests
By February 28, 2011 03:03 pm 1 commentsTen housing activists were arrested on Saturday for break and enter and trespassing on Olympic Village property, but were later released without charges. Read more…
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Energy savings missed when retrofits punished: Victoria mayor
Poverty contributed to 21 BC child deaths: children's advocate
Vancouver approves green building targets
Vancouver delays DTES tower proposal
Green building to support 7.9 million American jobs
Green building systems growing abroad
Top green building trends for 2011
Canucks owners interested in Olympic Village
Nearly-homeless population faces dangerous health conditions: study
City of Vancouver puts troubled Olympic Village into receivership
Honour House to open for Remembrance Day
Metro Vancouver immigration gets animated
SFU prof designs homelessness teaching resource for B.C. high schools
Canadian business to lobby Harper on homelessness
Government regulations add to housing costs: minister
Problems with government phone line amount to 'negligence': advocate
Olympic Village woes continue
Infamous Vancouver hotel set to return
Housing numbers mask lack of new units: CCPA report
Homeless shelter in Kamloops gets a makeover
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Councillors heed to residents, shrink social housing complex
West End group to city: more communication needed
Social housing activists hold sit-in at former Olympic athletes village
City to consider modular housing pilot
Canada short changes mental health care: Kirby
'Home of the Future' needs a new home
NDP pushes renters' rights bills
Liberals announce over 1,000 social housing units
Parents can't afford to get their kids back, say civil rights lawyers
Giving voice(mail) to the homeless
Vancouver to cough up another $32 million for Olympic Village housing
Province extends funding for three Vancouver shelters
Vancouver homeless count appears political: Coleman
Aboriginal homeless threaten tent city if shelter closes
Vancouver homelessness up 12 per cent since 2008
BC Housing suing Vancouver agency for money owed, mismanagement
No room for single-family zoning in Vancouver's future: panel
Vancouver counts its homeless today
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Gaming grant cut to Victoria anti-poverty group
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Have you noticed all the "game-changing" in the news recently?
Premier Christy Clark's plan to build two liquified natural gas export facilities in B.C.? "Game changer."
Former ICBC president Robyn Allan's damning report on the economic risks of Northern Gateway? "Game changer."
Mitt Romney's new debate coach? The coming Nintendo console? Kickstarter?
All "game-changers," my friends.
Are we on the cusp of some serious status-quo shake-up, or something? This week, count on The Tyee to scope out and debunk the latest game changers -- whatever that means -- here in B.C. and beyond. -- Robyn Smith
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