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Vancouver/Unceded Coast Salish Territories

Rent Control to stop Gentrification

A community forum in Grandview Woodland


6:30pm
 - 8:30pm
Tuesday February 18 2014

Venue: Grandview Calvary Baptist Church
Address: 1803 E 1st Ave (at Commercial)
Cost: free
Accessibility: Grandview Calvary Baptist Church’s kitchen’s entrance is at street level, which gives access to washrooms, kitchen and lower hall. One washroom has a stall that can accommodate a wheelchair. The washroom door opening is 86 cm, and the stall door is 61 cm.

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Vancouver is the most unaffordable city in North America. The Commercial Drive area contains some of the city's last stocks of precious affordable housing, including aboriginal housing, cooperatives, and affordable rental. However, the city government is targeting the area for redevelopment and gentrification. This forum will highlight the housing situation of Commercial Drive's diverse communities. There will also be discussions about how to keep rents low and stop gentrification.

Speakers

Maureen Bourke - rent control

Theresa Diewert - homelessness and shared housing on the Drive

Patrick Stewart - urban aboriginal housing in East Van

Garth Mullins - redevelopment and gentrification in Grandview-Woodlands

Jon Leah Hopkins - renting on the Drive

 

 

Organizer:cope@cope.bc.ca

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