housing

The results from our questionnaire to the federal MPs responsible for housing are in!..

You can see them all here: http://pivotlegal.org/pivot-points/blog/the-results-are-in-0

This Tuesday, the 19th of April the Red Tent Campaign will be holding its second Day of Action across Canada. 6 months from the first Day of Action which saw one hundred tents marched from Parliament Hill to the Human Rights Monument the Campaign is taking to the streets once again to release the answers of three questions given to the federal ministers responsible for housing. Those questions are:

1. Do you support the adoption of a fully-funded national housing strategy which respects provincial jurisdiction?

Summer is finally here. As the lawnchairs and the barbeques come out, MPs are headed back to their home constituencies and Bill C-304, calling for a national housing strategy, is still awaiting a House vote. Hope for the bill’s passing started to wane during the third and final round of House debate in early May, when the Bloc Quebecois withdrew its support. Up until this time, Liberal, NDP, and Bloc MPs had supported the bill in a promising attempt to overcome consistent opposition from the Conservative minority.

By Mara Kardas-Nelson

Hundreds gathered outside the Vancouver Art Gallery today to call upon all levels of government to implement and support a national housing strategy.

Signs that said “The People Say: Build Homes Now!,” “Homes Not Games,” and “End Poverty. It’s Not a Game” lined the steps of the Gallery as advocates spoke of the need for greater federal involvement in ensuring increased access to safe and affordable housing nationwide.

By Mara Kardas-Nelson

Two pro-social housing campaigns have joined together to create awareness about homelessness and the need for a national housing strategy.

By Mara Kardas-Nelson

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood is not known as one of the city’s most beautiful. Notoriously referred to as Canada’s poorest postal code, the DTES has high rates of poverty, drug use, and sex work. Next to glossy Gastown, it can seem dark and ominous, viewed by many as offering little else than prowling police and a strong homeless presence.