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 [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 16, 2009
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 [...]
June 16, 2009
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 9, 2009
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 [...]
June 9, 2009
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 [...]
June 6, 2009
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 [...]
June 1, 2009
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 [...]