Social Housing Toolkit Available!

Social Housing Toolkit Available!

for “All Candidates” forums in the 2013 BC election The candidates’ forum toolkit is designed to help you question candidates in the 2013 BC election about affordable housing, social housing,...
It takes courage to make change: Activists challenge BC NDP to end homelessness and poverty

It takes courage to make change: Activists challenge BC NDP to end homelessness and poverty

It takes courage to make change: Activists challenge BC NDP to end homelessness and poverty By Ivan Drury View more photos here Social housing flying squad report #13 Flying squad...
No Party for 100,000 people facing homelessness in BC

No Party for 100,000 people facing homelessness in BC

Download this statement as a PDF Social Housing Coalition BC statement on BC Liberals and NDP housing platforms UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORY: On Wednesday, April 24th, the BC NDP released...
Flying squad wins meeting with NDP policy caucus

Flying squad wins meeting with NDP policy caucus

April 16, 2013 About two dozen members and supporters of the Social Housing Coalition BC attended the BC NDP’s rally on the first night of the official election period. The...
BC Liberal donors on social housing, "Not for me!"

BC Liberal donors on social housing, “Not for me!”

Social housing flying squad report #10 Flying squad demonstration at “Premier’s dinner” fundraiser Monday April 8, 2013 On Monday April 8, a Social Housing Coalition BC flying squad of about...
Reports from the Social Housing Flying Squad!

Reports from the Social Housing Flying Squad!

Read all of the reports here » THURSDAY MARCH 14 Social housing flying squad report #1 BC NDP event: Adrian Dix fundraiser with David Eby in West Point Grey Dave,...
BC's Real Social Housing Numbers

BC’s Real Social Housing Numbers

Seth Klein explains that over the past 8 years, the BC Liberal Government has only built 418 units per year of new social housing stock, nowhere near the number of...
Redeye Collective talks to the Coalition on Vancouver Cooperative Radio

Redeye Collective talks to the Coalition on Vancouver Cooperative Radio

Cecily Nicholson (long-time community organizer in the Downtown Eastside) and Connor Donnegan (activist with the Vancouver Renters Union) speak with Redeye host Peter Driftmier about the Social Housing Coalition BC....
Coleman Responds to the Coalition's News Conference

Coleman Responds to the Coalition’s News Conference

On Monday, February 4th, 2013, the Social Housing Coalition held a press conference to demand 10,000 units of social housing per year for the over 100,000 homeless and under-housed in...
The Social Housing Coalition

The Social Housing Coalition

The Social Housing Coalition is a non-partisan, volunteer coalition spanning Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, and reaching out to the rest of British Columbia. We are a grassroots coalition comprised...

The Social Housing Coalition is a non-partisan, volunteer coalition spanning Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, and reaching out to the rest of British Columbia. We are a grassroots coalition comprised of those impacted by the current housing crisis, and we are determined to make social housing a major issue in the upcoming provincial election and beyond. Find out more »

Support the over 100,000 Homeless and Under-Housed in BC!
At least 116,000 people are in a housing crisis. Image of iceberg. The 11,000 visibly homeless are just the tip of the iceberg. 40,000 hidden homeless who sleep with family, in cars, or couch surf. 65,000 people at risk of homelessness.

 

 

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End the Housing Crisis! March for Social Housing Now! May 11, 2013 at noon

Saturday May 11 at 12 noon Meeting at Vancouver Art Gallery, Robson St side (750 Hornby St) March to arrive at Vancouver Public Library (350 W. Georgia St) LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PROVINCE Kelowna Farmers’ Market @ 11:00 am at the corner of Benvoulin & Springfield (near Sears parking lot) Karen Abramsen (Council of Canadians), kareneh...

Social Housing Day of Action on Vancouver Island • May 7th

Tuesday, May 7th On Tuesday May 7th, activists from the mainland will travel over to Vancouver Island to be part of a day of action for social housing in BC. For months communities on the Island have been part of the movement for social housing with weekly stands for housing on Saturdays in their communities....

STANDS 4 Social Housing on Saturday, May 4th, noon to 1pm

Here are the locations of the STANDS 4 Social Housing, with contact information for the person(s) organizing and coordinating them. If you are willing to organize a STAND in your neighbourhood, please contact Dave Diewert (STANDS @ socialhousingbc.com or 604.253.1782) and he will send you a STAND kit and support you in getting it going....

STAND and MARCH for Social Housing in Kamloops! Sat, May 4th

The BC election is just two weeks away and the two main contenders for power in Victoria have avoided uttering the words “Social Housing” in their platforms and debates; meanwhile more than 100,000 people in the province are struggling in the face of homelessness. Now is the time to act. Come join us in the...

Rally to Demand the NDP End Poverty & Homelessness

Friday, May 3rd, 2013 at 12 noon Adrian Dix’s Campaign Office 2740 Kingsway, at Earles Street * A group will leave from Carnegie at 11:15am Just two-weeks before the BC election the NDP has released their full program, to the great frustration and disappointment of low-income and low-wage working people throughout the province. To fight...
Homes Not Austerity! Action on Tuesday, April 30th at 4:30 pm!

Homes Not Austerity! Action on Tuesday, April 30th at 4:30 pm!

Rally for housing at BC Liberal fundraiser and demand HOMES NOT AUSTERITY Tuesday, April 30 at 4:30pm Vancouver Club (915 W. Hastings) Taking place on unceded Coast Salish Territory: the traditional territory of the Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueum, and Skwxwú7mesh/Squamish nations. Come to a demonstration Tuesday April 30 outside a BC Liberal fundraiser for MLA Margaret MacDermid...
STANDS 4 Social Housing on Saturday, April 27th, noon to 1pm

STANDS 4 Social Housing on Saturday, April 27th, noon to 1pm

Here are the locations of the STANDS 4 Social Housing, with contact information for the person(s) organizing and coordinating them. If you are willing to organize a STAND in your neighbourhood, please contact Dave Diewert (STANDS @ socialhousingbc.com or 604.253.1782) and he will send you a STAND kit and support you in getting it going....

Stand up for Social Housing in the Okanagan!

Social housing flying squad action Protest outside BC Liberal “Okanagan campaign kickoff” Wednesday April 24 at 5pm Capri Coast Hotel (1171 Harvey Ave, Kelowna) Join the province-wide movement demanding social housing and rent controls to end the housing crisis in BC. On Wednesday April 24 Christy Clark’s BC Liberals will be gathering for a rally...

Flying Squad action at BC Liberal fundraiser • Tuesday, April 23rd @ 5:30pm

Please join the Flying Squad action at BC Liberal fundraiser! Tuesday April 23 at 5:30pm 771 Austin Avenue, Coquitlam A group of people will leave from Carnegie at 4pm. If you’d you like to join them, please contact Dave Diewert ddiewertt @ shaw.ca or 778.708.5006.

Housing Racism in BC? – A Community Forum

Café Rebelde presents: HOUSING RACISM IN BC? – A Community Forum Saturday April 20 at 7pm Rhizome Cafe (317 E Broadway) Unceded Coast Salish Territory: Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueum, and S?wxwú7mesh (Squamish) nations respectively Panelists: Sozan Savehilaghi, Erie Maestro, Ruby Smith-Diaz, Sara Kendall, Tami Starlight member of Cree-Peguis Nation. The housing and homelessness crisis is especially hard...
STANDS 4 Social Housing on Saturday, April 20th, noon to 1pm

STANDS 4 Social Housing on Saturday, April 20th, noon to 1pm

Here are the locations of the STANDS 4 Social Housing, with contact information for the person(s) organizing and coordinating them. If you are willing to organize a STAND in your neighbourhood, please contact Dave Diewert (STANDS @ socialhousingbc.com or 604.253.1782) and he will send you a STAND kit and support you in getting it going....
STANDS 4 Social Housing on Sat., April 13th, noon to 1pm

STANDS 4 Social Housing on Sat., April 13th, noon to 1pm

Here are the locations of the STANDS 4 Social Housing, with contact information for the person(s) organizing and coordinating them. If you are willing to organize a STAND in your neighbourhood, please contact Dave Diewert (STANDS @ socialhousingbc.com or 604.253.1782) and he will send you a STAND kit and support you in getting it going....