The tents set up on the lawn of the Campbell River City Hall looked like a tent city, and the space served as a tent city for about 20 homeless people, but it was more a tent-in protest for services than a spontaneous survival space established by homeless people. Krisandra Rufus from the…
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Issue 5 Spring 2016-3
Solidarity between tent cities strengthens their political threat
To paraphrase Leo Tolstoy: all well-housed people are alike; each homeless person is homeless in their own way.…
Rent Supplements Subsidize Landlords
How can governments maintain the scarcity of housing, keep renters in crisis, and subsidize people who don’t need…
Rental Housing Crisis in Victoria
With a vacancy rate approaching zero, a fast dwindling rental housing stock, and low interest rates encouraging…
Learning from organizing against gentrification in San Francisco: Interview with…
At the end of March, four Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) organizers went to San Francisco to learn about…
Homeless on the Strip in Surrey
My name is Wanda and I live in Surrey on the strip (135A Street). I’ve been on the strip for 2 years now. I…
Grassroots “Demovictions” Report Warns of Metrotown’s Collision Course with Mass…
By the end of the decade, every old low-rise apartment building on the square block around Dunblane Ave in Burnaby…
Federal Budget Dashes Housing Hopes: By Jean Swanson
A lot of people had high hopes for housing in the federal budget that was delivered on March 22. The City of…