Tuesday Morning Paragraph – Does social housing “enable” bad behavior?

Carnegie Community Action Project
401 Main Street, Vancouver, V6A 2T7
(604) 839-0379
Tuesday, June 22, 2009
Dear Mayor & Council,
Does social housing “enable” bad behavior?
Here’s what some people in CCAP’s mapping sessions said about the social housing they live in:
“Housing like the Jim Green Residence makes us feel good about ourselves, not bathrooms that are plugged or with blood [...]

Study shows Downtown Eastside housing situation is getting worse

Still Losing Hotel Rooms: CCAP’s 2009 Hotel Survey and Report

A new Carnegie Community Action Project report says rents in hotel rooms are escalating beyond what low-income Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents can afford. Still Losing Hotel Rooms: CCAP’s 2009 Hotel Survey and Report says at least 694 more rooms are now renting at over [...]

Media Advisory For Immediate Release June 17, 2009

Press conference
Is the housing situation getting better for low-income DTES residents? Come and find out. The Carnegie Community Action Project will release the results of its 2nd annual hotel survey.
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009
Time: [...]

Tuesday Morning Paragraph – Build on Current Assets

Carnegie Community Action Project
401 Main Street, Vancouver, V6A 2T7
(604) 839-0379
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Dear Mayor & Council,
How should we preserve the Downtown Eastside as a low-income community?
Reason #8: Build on the current assets
The city has imposed a theory of “revitalization without displacement” on low income residents of the Downtown Eastside. This “involves introducing [...]

Tuesday Morning Paragraph – Gentrification Does Not Fix Social Problems

Carnegie Community Action Project
401 Main Street, Vancouver, V6A 2T7
(604) 839-0379
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Dear Mayor & Council,
Why should we preserve the Downtown Eastside as a low-income community?
Reason #7: Contrary to some what some people think, mixing low-income people with higher income people does not, by itself, create a better situation for the low [...]

June 5, 2009
To Councilor Jang and Councilor Meggs,
We understand you are meeting with some business owners in Gastown to discuss the behavior of the tenants of the Dominion Hotel. We hear from tenants and management of the Dominion that business owners have been aggressive and rude to the Dominion tenants. One of our [...]

Tuesday Morning Paragraph – Acceptance and Uniqueness

Carnegie Community Action Project
401 Main Street, Vancouver, V6A 2T7
(604) 839-0379
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Dear Mayor and Council,
Why should we preserve the Downtown Eastside as a low-income community?
What about the “feel” of the DTES? If condos overwhelm low-income housing in the DTES, how will current residents “feel” about their community? Here are some quotes [...]

Club W: Social Mix or Social Exclusion

The city and others claim that the new Woodward’s complex is a great example of “social mix” because it has condos (over 500 units) and social housing (about 200 units but only about 150 for low income people).
Check out this blurb on the Woodward’s website. It’s [...]

Hotel loophole could spell trouble during the Olympics

This is a copy of Jean’s speech from a recent city council meeting. At that meeting, council allowed the CN Backpackers to change its designation from a monthly hotel to a daily/weekly hotel without any penalties. Most of her speech is about the Ivanhoe Hotel that is next door and operated by the same [...]

Mayor comes to Carnegie to meet with CCAP volunteers

Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) volunteers met with Mayor Gregor Robertson and Councilors Andrea Reimer and George Chow at Carnegie on May 22. The themes of the meeting were the need for more social housing and the need to end police brutality.
Sandra Pronteau told the city councilors that we need more social housing, not [...]