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Today the BC Government will allow evictions for non-payment of rent - if you can't pay full rent you are at risk of losing your home.
Currently no organization, including the BC Government, tracks evictions in a systematic manner. So we're gonna do it:
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/evictions
Currently no organization, including the BC Government, tracks evictions in a systematic manner. So we're gonna do it:
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/evictions
Premier @jjhorgan stated in March that nobody would lose their home as a result of COVID-19 - the VTU plans to track these evictions in order to hold this government to account for reneging on their word
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/evictions
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/evictions
VTU encourages tenants across BC to report their eviction.
Even though we won't be able to respond to every eviction directly, we will help tenants to organize networks of support and mutual aid with their neighbours. #BCRentCrisis
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/evictions
Even though we won't be able to respond to every eviction directly, we will help tenants to organize networks of support and mutual aid with their neighbours. #BCRentCrisis
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/evictions
B.C. Tenants Report Deteriorating Mental Health, Going Hungry, and Fears About Making Rent. Read our full report below.
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We were shocked by the responses that we got:
- A significant number of all respondents (63%) reported experiencing increased mental health issues
- 28% of written responses described sacrificing basic nutrition or going hungry
- A significant number of all respondents (63%) reported experiencing increased mental health issues
- 28% of written responses described sacrificing basic nutrition or going hungry
- Despite CERB and BC TRS, 32% reported having to borrow, use credit, or dip into savings
- 32% believed they were at risk of falling into rent debt once government ends CERB
- 69% of those in rent debt do not believe they can afford to begin paying down their debt by October
- 32% believed they were at risk of falling into rent debt once government ends CERB
- 69% of those in rent debt do not believe they can afford to begin paying down their debt by October
Our Renters Toolkit and other resources on bcrentcrisis.ca will be updated to reflect info the provincial government provided yesterday. Yesterday is the first time they've actually clarified how evictions and rents are to be handled.
www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/ho…
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KEY INFO: Eviction notices issued after March 30th are considered without force. This means that they won't have to be disputed in 5 days which is good. People can prioritize health and buy the things they need.
#BCRentCrisis bcrentcrisis.ca
#BCRentCrisis bcrentcrisis.ca
KEY INFO: Evictions and writs of possession given prior to March 30th will still be live, meaning you would have to dispute them within regular time guidelines. However they will not be enforced until the lifting of the emergency period.
#BCRentCrisis bcrentcrisis.ca
#BCRentCrisis bcrentcrisis.ca
April 1st is coming fast.
The income support offered from different levels of government won’t come in time.
It’s up to us to support one another to get through this. Please don’t suffer alone.
#BCRentCrisis bcrentcrisis.ca
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/rentcrisis
The income support offered from different levels of government won’t come in time.
It’s up to us to support one another to get through this. Please don’t suffer alone.
#BCRentCrisis bcrentcrisis.ca
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/rentcrisis
We are telling all renters:
Be Safe. Just Stay. Even if you Cannot Pay.
Share your stories. Connect with neighbors.
Learn how to safely organize your building under COVID-19. Download the Renter’s Toolkit.
#BCRentCrisis #FoodbeforeRent
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/rentcrisis
Be Safe. Just Stay. Even if you Cannot Pay.
Share your stories. Connect with neighbors.
Learn how to safely organize your building under COVID-19. Download the Renter’s Toolkit.
#BCRentCrisis #FoodbeforeRent
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/rentcrisis
To survive this renters will need to start building our power.
We’ll need to take care of each other.
But we’ll also need to make our voices heard.
We will need to tell the government what we really need.
And if they don’t act then we will.
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/rentcrisis
We’ll need to take care of each other.
But we’ll also need to make our voices heard.
We will need to tell the government what we really need.
And if they don’t act then we will.
vancouvertenantsunion.ca/rentcrisis
Thanks to the folks who called Selina, told us their stories about the #bcrentcrisis, and shared our posts, we got a basic #evictionmoratorium! But our work isn't over yet - there are still renters who won't be covered by even the new EI, and /1
$500 going directly to the landlord won't go very far in Vancouver or Victoria. Even the $1000 lump sum benefit won't go very far in cities where the combined $1500 could easily be rent for a 1 BD apartment. We still have other expenses and need to eat! /2
If you're stuck choosing between food/medication and rent, we urge you to put your health first! #foodbeforerent
Be safe. Just stay. Even if you can't pay.
Full statement to come. /3
Be safe. Just stay. Even if you can't pay.
Full statement to come. /3
Is this best practice for containing infection disease?
We need a UNIVERSAL moratorium for all evictions: non-payment of rent, landlord use and just cause. Stop the RTB proceedings, stop the bailiff removals. #BCRentCrisis #cancelrent #evictionmoratorium @selinarobinson @bcndp
We need a UNIVERSAL moratorium for all evictions: non-payment of rent, landlord use and just cause. Stop the RTB proceedings, stop the bailiff removals. #BCRentCrisis #cancelrent #evictionmoratorium @selinarobinson @bcndp
Multi-tweet story here. People are desperate. #BCRentCrisis #cancelrent #evictionmoratorium
@selinarobinson @bcndp
@selinarobinson @bcndp
What does "in principle" mean in a real sense to the people who ARE CURRENTLY BEING EVICTED?? How does "in principle" do anything for these people within the next 10 days? #EvictionMoratorium #bcrentcrisis @adriandix @selinarobinson @bcndp
Time is running out for tenants suddenly at risk of losing their homes due to #Covid_19 job loss. Does the province really expect every single landlord to be "principled"? We don't just hope people are "principled" and not harm each other in other ways - that's what laws are for.
What "principles" are you referring to? We've created a way for at-risk tenants to self-identify, and we've gotten 238 names just since 7 AM this morning. vancouvertenantsunion.ca/bcrentcrisis
