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Living in poverty
Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:48 AM EDT ()
Colleen Boudreau lies awake at night worrying not about her mortgage or car payments, but how she's going to put food in her five-year-old daughter's belly or clothes on her back.
Downtown Eastside housing crisis worsened over last year: study
Seeded on Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:27 AM EDT ()
According to a new report examining housing and homelessness in Canada's poorest neighbourhood, it will take the city 53 years until 5,000 hotel rooms in the Downtown Eastside are replaced with social-housing units.
Food lines, soup kitchens and the Carnegie Kitchen
Seeded on Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:24 AM EDT ()
The Tyee has published a two part series on food security in poor neighbourhoods like the Downtown Eastside. The first article explores the kitchen at the Carnegie Community Centre which provides low cost, delicious and nutritious food to low income residents.
Study shows Downtown Eastside housing situation is getting worse
Seeded on Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:09 AM EDT ()
A new Carnegie Community Action Project report says rents in hotel rooms are escalating beyond what low-income Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents can afford
Youth give Vancouver high marks in most areas except housing, poverty
Seeded on Tue Jun 9, 2009 10:45 AM EDT (Local News | BC News | Current Stories | World News Headline | Vancouver Sun)
The City of Vancouver is coming close to failing its youngest citizens when it comes to closing the gap between the rich and the poor and finding affordable places to live, a new survey from the Vancouver Foundation has found.
Message to the new BC cabinet: British Columbians want a poverty reduction plan
Seeded on Tue Jun 9, 2009 10:42 AM EDT ()
VANCOUVER, June 9 /CNW/ - A poll commissioned by the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition and conducted just before the May provincial election by the Mustel Group found that 79% of British Columbians believe a poverty reduction plan with legislated targets and timelines should be …
Work on united approach and put someone in charge, says Downtown Eastside cop
Seeded on Wed Jun 3, 2009 10:29 AM EDT ()
As a police officer in his fourth year working the Downtown Eastside, Sean Sommerville has seen it all.
A Tale of Two Visions
Seeded on Mon Jun 1, 2009 10:38 AM EDT ()
The anticipated arrival of the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler next year has energized many churches to sieze this occasion for bold witness and community service.
Buying sex is not a sport
Seeded on Tue May 26, 2009 10:43 AM EDT ()
A grassroots campaign to effect change.
Cool image luring kids into gangster lifestyle
Seeded on Wed May 20, 2009 9:09 AM EDT (CTV News)
Past studies have shown that young people join gangs because of poverty and a lack of positive role models, but now experts say there's a new threat -- and its affecting more kids than ever.
Better to be smart than tough on crime
Seeded on Tue May 19, 2009 11:01 AM EDT (Toronto Star)
Evidence from the U.S. indicates mandatory minimum prison terms just don't work
Salvation Army Releases Nationwide Study on Homelessness
Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 10:56 AM EDT ()
Toronto, ON May 5, 2009 – The Salvation Army has released a report with findings from a national study on homelessness in Canada.
Men with jobs lift homeless numbers
Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 10:49 AM EDT (Local News | BC News | Current Stories | World News Headline | Vancouver Sun)
Temporary workers at low-paying jobs can't afford the cost of housing
SFU report says housing can save money
Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 10:46 AM EDT ()
A 2008 report by Simon Fraser University's Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction found that, of 130,000 people in B.C. who have a severe addiction and/or mental illness, between 26,000 and 51,500 are inadequately housed
Mandatory minimums: three good reasons why jail alone is a bad idea
Seeded on Tue May 12, 2009 10:57 AM EDT (The Globe and Mail)
Public discussion of illicit drugs typically relies on simplistic and false distinctions between drug users and evil drug dealers, or victims and victimizers. The reality is not that simple.
Nationwide study on homelessness
Seeded on Wed May 6, 2009 11:35 AM EDT ()
The Salvation Army has released a report with findings from a national study on homelessness in Canada.
Where BC parties stand on poverty reduction
Seeded on Wed May 6, 2009 11:30 AM EDT ()
Our friends at bcpovertyreduction.ca have put together a summary of where the political parties stand on the issue of poverty reduction.
High rent, low income driving homelessness: Researcher
Seeded on Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:04 PM EDT (Local News | BC News | Current Stories | World News Headline | Vancouver Sun)
Homelessness initiatives in Canada that focus on the "usual culprits" of mental illness, family breakdown, addiction, crime and violence are missing the biggest causes, says a Canadian economist.
Making food, friends on the Downtown Eastside
Seeded on Wed Apr 8, 2009 11:30 AM EDT (Local News | BC News | Current Stories | World News Headline | Vancouver Sun)
Carnegie Kitchen delivers tasty, inexpensive meals for those who are down on their luck or looking for some companionship
Civil liberties and incivility clash on Cordova Street
Seeded on Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:47 AM EDT (Local News | BC News | Current Stories | World News Headline | Vancouver Sun)
A filthy squat in front of a homeless shelter leaves the city of Vancouver with more of a black eye than a nearby pornographic theatre
O-Village deal helps employ the homeless; advocate thinks it's not enough
Seeded on Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:29 AM EDT ()
An agreement between Vancouver and Millennium Development awards contracts to inner-city businesses and employs homeless people to build the Olympic Village. But a Downtown Eastside advocate called the measures a "drop in the bucket."
BC ministry accepts Ombudsman's welfare recommendations
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:41 AM EDT ()
n 2005, BCPIAC filed a complaint with the BC Ombudsman because of widespread concerns about unfair practices experienced by poor people who need assistance from the ministry.
Suzanne Anton, Michael Geller sing the praises of laneway housing
Seeded on Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:51 AM EDT ()
In an article published today (March 19) in the Straight, I looked at and questioned whether the City of Vancouver's proposed solution to the rental crisis, laneway housing, would actually result in more affordable suites.
Local group asks why social housing isn't being built
Seeded on Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:50 AM EDT (CBC)
A faith-based social justice group is accusing the B.C. government of failing to build hundreds of low-cost housing units in the Downtown Eastside, despite promises to do so.
Troubled residents can teach us a thing or two
Seeded on Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:54 AM EDT (The Globe and Mail)
Margo Fryer is the founding director of the UBC Learning Exchange, a program that links University of British Columbia staff and students to inner-city schools and community groups, and has a storefront location in the Downtown Eastside.
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