Watch this video to see why you should get involved!
There are many ways for you to support the push for Social Housing in BC. From participating in a STAND for Social Housing to your financial support, you can help ensure that everyone in BC has a proper roof over their heads.
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The following organizations have endorsed Our Demands. Please contact us at info @ socialhousing.com if your organization would like to stand with these groups to call for an end to the social housing crisis.
Aboriginal Front Door
ACORN
Agricultural Workers Alliance, Surrey Support Centre
Alouette Heights Supportive Housing
Alouette Home Start Society
Atira Women’s Resource Society
BC Association of Social Workers
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
BC Employment Standards Coalition
BC Teachers’ Federation
Cafe Rebalde Latin American Collective
Carnegie Community Action Project
Carnegie Community Centre Association
Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE)
Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights (CDWCR)
Council of Canadians
Council of Senior Citizens Organizations (COSCO)
DTES Neighbourhood House
Faith in Action
Gallery Gachet
Gordon Neighbourhood House
Grandview Calvary Baptist Church
Grandview / Woodlands Food Connect
Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens Association Human Rights Committee
Groupo De Apoyo Oscar Rosales
Interfaith Institute for Justice, Peace and Social Movements
Karma Teachers
Kettle Friendship Society
Lazara Press
Left Alternative
Longhouse Ministry Church
Lookout Emergency Aid Society
M’akola Group of Societies
Migrante BC
No One Is Illegal
Out On Campus
Pivot Legal
Power of Women
Raise the Rates coalition
Renters Union
SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies
Social Justice Centre UBC
Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Vancouver
Socialist Alternative Canada
Sociology and Anthropology Students’ Union – SFU
St. James Social Justice Group
Strathcona Residents’ Association
Streams of Justice
Together Against Poverty Society in Victoria
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
Vancouver Transgender Day of Remembrance Society
Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Rape Crisis Centre
Women Transforming Cities
Financial contributions to the Coalition are much needed and greatly appreciated! Donate online:
Get the latest news, actions and events from the Social Housing Coalition BC.
We are asking people from around the province to take a STAND for social housing. Find out more here or ORDER YOUR KIT NOW.
You can download the brochure (black & white version PDF or colour version PDF) to print copies for your STAND.
Social Housing Toolkit Available!
May 7, 2013
It takes courage to make change: Activists challenge BC NDP to end homelessness and poverty
May 6, 2013
End the Housing Crisis! March for Social Housing Now! May 11, 2013 at noon
May 3, 2013
Social Housing Day of Action on Vancouver Island • May 7th
May 2, 2013
STANDS 4 Social Housing on Saturday, May 4th, noon to 1pm
May 1, 2013