What’s going to happen after March 31st when the shelters close?

Councillor Kerry Jang says the city is working to find housing for people using the shelters (G&M, Feb. 19). Judy Graves says the shelters have made a big difference but estimates there are 500 people still sleeping outside.

Will the city be able to house the 500 people using the shelters on April 1?

BC housing [...]

“Beggars can’t be choosers” Does the DTES want modular shelters?

“Beggars can’t be choosers.” That’s the line that kept running through my head as I listened to Michael Geller do a presentation on what he calls modular housing, but CCAP calls modular shelters. I kept thinking of that because that’s the silent premise for his proposal to build these shelters for homeless people. [...]

Grand March For Housing

GRAND MARCH FOR HOUSING

SATURDAY, APRIL 4 NOON

Join the DTES Contingent
@ MAIN AND HASTINGS

Wear a blanket

Organized and endorsed by: BCGEU, CCAP, DTES Centre for the Arts, CAN, DTES Neighbourhood House, Gallery Gachet, Indigenous Action Movement,
Power to Women Group, Streams of Justice & VANDU

On Saturday April 4th there are Marches for Housing across BC.
A Grand [...]

With good advocates you can win big

On February 12th, 2009 the much awaited decisions from a Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution hearing arrived and delivered a monetary blow to one of the worst landlords in the DTES.
Dispute Resolution Officer Mr. Howell awarded to the former tenants of 2131 Pandora St. monetary awards for their loss of property [...]

Upscale bistro says they’re “a little ashamed”

Last month, Dave D, Jean, Hendrik, Rolf, William, Dave and I delivered a letter from CCAP volunteers to the owners of an upscale bistro on Alexander that had poor-bashing restaurant reviews on their website about DTES residents. In the letter we said “we know you didn’t write these articles, but linking them to your [...]

Wrestling for Community at the Poverty Olympics!

Watch the DTES community take on the forces of gentrification in this hilarious video!

by Goh Iromoto