News Release – For Immediate Release – Homeless Count Reveals Escalating Housing Crisis in Vancouver “Renovictions” from SROs and failure to build social housing behind increase in homelessness Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories, April 23, 2014 – The Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) is calling on all three levels of government to take action to […]
As the Local Area Planning Process ends and a new page of organizing for the DTES begins, here are some thoughts from the late Sandy Cameron, borrowed from his website. Longing for Light “Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?” a thoughtful person asked at a gathering of people telling Downtown Eastside […]
Come on out to a Town Hall Meeting on April 17th to wrap up the DTES Local Area Planning Process. Hear what we won and lost in the Local Area Plan, share your thoughts on the process and talk about next steps in fighting for the low-income community in the DTES. Snacks and coffee served […]
We’re calling on low-income residents, allies and supporters to speak at council again. As part of implementing the LAP, Council will be considering by-law amendments at a public hearing on April 1st starting at 6:00 pm. Speakers can register by email (publichearing@vancouver.ca) or phone (604.829.4238) before 5 pm on April 1st, or in person at […]
Thank you to Lucas Meijer for making this video of CCAP and the Low-Income Caucus Paint-In On March 9, 2014, Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents marched through the streets and painted messages on an empty building that should be transformed into an Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Centre as part of the Local Area Plan. “The […]
On Saturday, March 15, 2014, City Council voted to approve the new DTES Local Area Plan (LAP), with 25 pages of amendments, after three days of speakers. Over 80 people took the stand to speak in favour of CCAP and/or the Low-Income Caucus position. The 30-year plan is a blueprint for bringing social mix to […]
DEMANDS FOR MORE HOUSING, CONTROLS ON RETAIL GENTRIFICATION AND ABORIGINAL HEALING AND WELLNESS CENTRE DOMINATE FIRST DAY OF COUNCIL MEETING Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories, March 13, 2014 – The voices of low-income DTES community members and their supporters dominated the first day of Council hearings on the neighbourhood’s plan, and residents are preparing another show […]
CCAP has sent a letter to Mayor and Council with our response to the DTES Local Area Plan. Scroll down to read the letter or download the PDF here. The Local Area Plan for the DTES: The Carnegie Community Action Project’s Submission Dear Mayor and Council, The Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) is an initiative […]
Interested in speaking at City Hall about the DTES LAP? Find out how to sign up, what people are saying about the LAP and how to make your speech in our Guide to speaking at council. If you want to work on your presentation to Council with some support and other people, come to our […]
URGENT!! The Local Area Plan for the DTES is going to Council on March 12! It’s the LAST CHANCE to tell City Hall to keep the DTES a low-income neighbourhood! Create an Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Centre! End the housing crisis! Control business gentrification! End discrimination! On Wed. March 12th, City Council hearings will begin […]