We are a movement of workers+tenants. We fight for tenant collective bargaining rights + help to seed new tenant unions across so-called BC.
British Columbia, Canada
Joined May 2021
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We are releasing a toolkit!
Want to organize with yr neighbours but not sure how to start?
Download our toolkit and find tips and get resources to help you learn how.
This is still a beta-version so let us know if anything should be fixed.
rentstrikebargain.com/toolki…
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As of today, landlords need to submit notices to end a tenancy for personal or caretaker use through the new web portal - if they don't, the notice is invalid. This new process protects tenants from bad faith evictions. StrongerBC.ca/Housing
ALT Protecting renters from bad-faith evictions
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Huge news. Province intros sro vacancy control. Could save 1500 Sro units from massive rent increases. Thanks to sro collaborative for their work on this. #vanpoli
NEW - Housing Minister @KahlonRav has introduced legislative changes which would allow the City of Vancouver to implement rent control specifically geared at single room occupancy buildings to prevent unscrupulous landlords from evicting tenants then jacking up the rent. #bcpoli
Tell us again how the laws favour tenants?
The property ownership should revert to the tenant if they pay the tax.
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Ownership of housing is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of wealthy Canadians.
My new report for @broadbent tracks the📈& its effects on affordability.
2011 to 2021, investor ownership of:
- condos nearly doubled
- houses grew by 1/3
perspectivesjournal.ca/housi…
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The missing component to the housing argument around supply-side and demand side solutions is... CHOICE!
Supply and demand assumes that supply is diversified to match the various demands..
In our housing market we continue to increase supply, but the portfolio of supply is underdiversified.
We have market housing, and social housing for folks with complex needs. And nothing in between....
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Surge Pricing is a lie... the companies have understaffed their workforce and induced demand by overpromising their service. If sales volumes increase, usually a company incentivizes customers with lower prices. Higher prices at higher volumes is just greed.
Wendy’s will start experimenting with surge pricing in 2025, along the lines of Uber and Lyft.
Wendy’s will test “dynamic pricing” on burgers, Frosties, and other menu items, which will cost more during times of increased demand.
gizmodo.com/wendys-wants-ube…
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Rent Strike Bargain retweeted
Another great article about how the City of Vancouver is letting Andrzej Kowalski destroy 7 affordable units and convert them into 4 expensive condos!
Take action to stop these evictions at DefendEastVan.ca
Another David VS. Goliath story is emerging from 1171-1177 East 14th Avenue. Inside, tenants of the multiplex’s seven rental units have found themselves battling a series of legal loopholes that could impact renters all over Vancouver. Read more: straight.com/city-culture/ea…
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To make this clear: the VPD lied to taxpayers about a spike in crime (which was actually declining) before an election. They stoked a moral panic and used their influence to endorse @Vote4ABC. Guess who then hired 100 cops and made the VPD the best paid force in Canada?
'Steady decline' in Vancouver stranger assaults since 2021, police department report reveals bc.ctvnews.ca/steady-decline…
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I joined over 70 labour studies researchers, scholars, and policy experts to express support for a ban on replacement workers in federally-regulated industries.
Read our open letter here 👇
perspectivesjournal.ca/open-…
#canlab #cdnpoli
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Can someone tell @bcndp that this plan has been field tested in metrotown last decade and it was disaster for tenants. Thousands of demovictions led to 2nd highest rents in Canada, then ouster of developer funded long time NDP Mayor. @rajchouhan @routledge_janet @KatrinaCBurnaby
SFU’s @Ayan604 analyzed the BC NDP’s transit density plan and
what he sees scares him. 50% of Metro households in the potential development areas are renters, raising fears a development push could lead to demovictions of renters in low-rise apartments.
vancouversun.com/news/local-…
Policy and market solutions have failed. The politicians and developers operate like a cartel and benefit from our misery.
Renters need to organize and build fighting unions to bring down prices. Unions are the best force able to discipline a market and make it work for everyone
Habitat for Humanity Canada has released the results of its annual national survey. According to survey findings, for the second year in a row, lack of housing affordability ranks as a top concern for Canadians alongside inflation and access to healthcare. ow.ly/rMfT50Q7XOL
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No anti-displacement requirements, and not even any minimal public housing targets attached to this legislation. Buying upzoned land just to give it back to for-profit real estate interests is truly reckless and locks us into a future of #demovictions and sky-high rents. #BCPoli
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"The less coherent an idea is the more it generates a strange frisson and excitement among city planners and the urban professional class."
New essay at 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 investigating the rise and fall of temporary modular housing in Vancouver
themainlander.com/2023/11/07…
Landlords get a slap on the wrist for trespassing in a tenant's unit without their permission. Only $100 in punitive damages? And then they pay back what they owe a year later? There are no real consequences for landlords behaving badly
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