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SandraCuffe — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:40:26 +0000

Over 14 hours after kick-off this morning, the 24-hour soccer marathon campaign for the New Fountain Shelter was still going strong in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, at the corner of Howe and Georgia.

Save the New Fountain Shelter: 24 Hour Soccer Marathon!

maximwinther — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:57:58 +0000

Thu Apr 14

city:

Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish Territory

Venue:

Vancouver Art Gallery, Georgia and Howe

Address:

750 Hornby Street

Cost:

Free!

shelter soccer.jpg

Link:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=508900194

Housing Injustice – DTES Woman Faces Homelessness After Evictions

isaac — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:27:41 +0000

Sandra (real name withheld at request) got onto full disability two years ago for a health condition. “I have a lot of pain. I can barely walk. When your health goes…it’s difficult to work.” Sandra couldn’t afford a place on her own, and got a SRO room at Hotel Winters, in Vancouver’s downtown eastside.

Ellen Woodsworth - Little Mountain Demolition and the Housing Crisis in BC

nofutureface — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:07:52 +0000

Vancouver City Councillor Ellen Woodsworth speaks to Vancouver Media Coop as the bulldozers arrive to demolish Little Mountain Housing.

Little Mountain - Vancouver's Fight for Social Housing

nofutureface — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:53:39 +0000

The pace of gentrification, high numbers of homeless and loss of social housing in Vancouver has been staggering and continues to move forward as we get closer and closer to the 2010 Olympics.