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Yearly Archives: 2010
Displacement is Happening: City’s Historic Area Height Review
Dave Diewert, Streams of Justice It just doesn’t make sense for anyone who wants to undertake a major renovation of their home to take off the roof, or remove the entire back wall of the structure without having an idea of what the renovated building will look like or without having clear plans in place. […]
Low-income Downtown Eastside residents to draw a line in the sand
Come to a news conference/action to: —Hear Downtown Eastside residents speak out about the impact of Woodwards on our community; —Learn what residents think about the City plan to allow more condo towers in our neighbourhood, to be debated January 19th and 22nd at city hall; —Meet Mr. Condo King, a 12-foot-tall developer, and his […]
Displacement Facts
Hello City Council members, It would be great if you could read this before dealing with the Historic Area Height Review on Jan. 19th. CCAP really appreciates some of the things this council has done to get affordable housing and shelters: • The motion at the 2009 UBCM (Union of BC Municipalities) to get a […]
CCAP and low-income DTES residents desperately need your help at City Council on (probably) Jan. 21st
Hi everyone. CCAP and low-income DTES residents desperately need your help at City Council on (probably) Jan. 21st. That’s the day that council will hear speakers on staff recommendations to allow building heights to increase in the western DTES (roughly west of Gore). This report is called the Historic Area Height Review. Higher buildings mean […]
Bill C-304: Libby’s Affordable Housing Bill passed second reading
2nd Session, 40th Parliament, 57-58 Elizabeth II, 2009 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA NOT OFFICIAL VERSION DRAFT PREPARED BY BRUCE PORTER AND LEILANI FARHA FROM ADOPTED AMENDMENTS AS WE UNDERSTOOD THEM DECEMBER 11, 2009 BILL C-304 An Act to ensure secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing for Canadians Whereas the provision of and access to […]
Constitutional right to sleep in tents is upheld
Friends, The Court of Appeal has upheld the trial judge’s ruling in the Victoria right to shelter case! People who are homeless and have no choice but to sleep outside have a constitutional right to protect themselves from the elements, says the highest court in the province. While a tent/tarp is obviously far from an […]
Update on Assistance to Shelter Act
by Dave Diewert, Streams of Justice The name of this new law is pure euphemism. Behind the rhetoric of humanitarian goodwill and the ostensible outpouring of concern for the health and well-being of homeless people is the dark reality of coercion, displacement and social control. To begin with, those who formulated and enacted this law […]