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Victoria, British Columbia
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Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
On housing, the Fall Economic Statement repeats facile supply-and-demand arguments, again avoiding the regulations needed to curb profiteering & financialization. Unwillingness to confront the real estate industry has been a trademark of this gov, from beginning to end #canpoli
Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
My latest op-ed: A serious debate on how to make rent control effective while mitigating potential downsides would benefit tenants and the many sectors of the economy for whom high rents are bad for businesses.
#canpoli #cndpoli
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Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
Getting ready for National Day of Action - November 22 NOON at the BC LEG in Victoria #yyj
Info: ahomeforall.ca
Join the call to end the housing and homelessness crisis with social housing!
ART | FOOD | MUSIC | SPEAKERS
#moresocialhousingnow #housingisahumanright
ALT Photo of protest signs. "MAKE HOMES NOT SHELTERS" "SHELTERS ARE NOT THE SOLUTION" AND "PEOPLE OVER PROFIT."
ALT PHOTO OF A PLACARD THAT SAYS: 1700 and counting UNHOUSED. AND ANOTHER THAT SAYS: Housing means Privacy, Security, Basic Servoces
Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
🆕 A @Redfin survey found that 4 in 5 Americans believe there should be caps on rent hikes. It explains why corporate landlords had to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to take down #Prop33 🤬
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Tenants are organizing in Esquimalt to not only keep their affordable homes and community, but to ensure the right to housing for all. vicnews.com/local-news/esqui…
If you missed us yesterday, we are just getting started in stopping displacement in Esquimalt!
Tenants being displaced will attend developer’s open house in Esquimalt dlvr.it/TFq2Xv
Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
BSH researcher @dwachsmuth just released a new report on BC's short-term rental laws, showing #STR regulations work: they have a direct impact on reducing the cost of rent, and are an important component of #affordablehousing policy. Some of the key findings: 1/
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Tenants in Victoria are organizing against displacement caused by corporate funded politicians connected to corporate landlords and developers. Working class Victorians who make this city work want to stay, and to do that they are organizing. timescolonist.com/local-news…
Tenants in Esquimalt are collectively standing up for themselves in asserting their human right to housing.
68 families unionizing to avoid being evicted from two Esquimalt buildings dlvr.it/TD1skl
Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
"The National Housing Strategy is excessively focused on supporting private-sector rental housing, which is not affordable to most renters...Funding for non-market housing has been piecemeal and way below what analysts deem necessary." canadiandimension.com/articl…
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
Tenants of 71, 75, and 79 Thorncliffe Park spoke with The Canadian Press about our ongoing struggle against above guideline rent increases being sought by Starlight Investments and PSP Investments
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ALT Tenant sitting in their apartment
Across the pond, @theJagmeetSingh has never in his leadership—running for or as leader—recommitted to a Right to Housing platform that called for a National Housing Act.
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Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
BIG WINS and LESSONS from the 1177 Tenants Collective. Our campaign to STOP condo conversions was successful. We have so much to win when we fight! Read the full update at DefendEastVan.ca
Necropolitics now defines Victoria and British Columbia more generally. A worrying trend and a terrible future.
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Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
In 2022, 20 big landlords applied for >1/2 the Above Guideline rent Increases in Ontario.
"AGIs are a common way to pressure longtime tenants to leave, allowing landlords to raise the rent to market rates for new tenants."
We need stronger rent controls.
cbc.ca/news/investigates/ont…
Victoria Tenants Union retweeted
Evictions are pushing people to suicide.
And the real estate industry is doing everything they can to protect their “right” to evict and destroy our lives. It’s inhumane.
This Bill does not protect families living in basement suites, duplexes, triplexes, or a converted house, which is the majority of tenants in places like Saanich or Delta. Placing the onus on tenants to file against their landlord is to be ok with the threat of landlord violence.
