Join your neighbours in the struggle against the root cause of the demovictions crisis in Metrotown: colonialism and capitalism. On Tuesday, July 10th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm, at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House across from the Metrotown Skytrain Station (third floor room), we will come together to continue to fight against profit-driven displacement and colonial property laws. […]
On Saturday, June 30th, over 150 residents were evicted from the 62 units of housing at 6525, 6559 and 6585 Sussex Avenue. Most had already been intimidated and pressured into leaving, and the few who remained were forced to finally pack up and leave their homes. The Sussex evictions are one site in an endless […]
Rally at Sussex Avenue to resist the ongoing cycle of evictions and displacement in Metrotown. Where: 6525 Sussex Avenue, Burnaby (across from Metrotown Skytrain station) When: Sunday July 1st @ 3:00PM On Saturday, June 30th, the over 150 residents of 6525, 6559 and 6585 Sussex Avenue will face eviction. Most have already been intimidated, scared […]
The Tenant Eviction Defense Network believes that only by tenants organizing themselves, supporting each other and resisting together can we break the endless cycle of demovictions. The government or the corporate landlords won’t stop our constant displacement; it’s up to us to put a wrench in the spokes of the demoviction machine. Join us on Wednesday, June 6th at 6:30pm at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House (4460 Beresford Street, third floor) across from the Metrotown Skytrain Station to plan how we can fight together to break the cycle of demovictions.
What: All-community demonstration for housing justice When: Saturday, April 21st 2:00pm Where: Metrotown Skytrain Station (Meet at the corner of Beresford and Sussex) Renters and homeless people everywhere in southern British Columbia are are facing evictions – renovictions, demovictions, or evictions by high rent – and nowhere is that crisis so intense as in Metrotown. […]
What: Monthly Townhall When: Wednesday April 4th 6:30pm Where: Burnaby Neighbourhood House, 3rd floor (4460 Beresford Street, just south-west of the Metrotown Skytrain Station) At the end of July 2017, Burnaby City Council voted unanimously in favour of their “Downtown” Metrotown Plan, increasing, with the stroke of a pen, allowable building heights and skyrocketing land […]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 7, 2018 / 6:30 PM / BURNABY NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE (4460 Beresford Street, 3rd floor – across from the Metrotown Skytrain Station) SPEAKERS TBA Metro Vancouver is experiencing a housing crisis. The crisis is commonly presented as the inability of citizen-taxpayer-professionals to own a home in Vancouver because of skyrocketing real estate prices. The […]
Stop Demovictions Burnaby report on the February 27th Intracorp rezoning hearing On Tuesday February 27th, the residents of 31 units of rental housing faced the same threat as the residents of 300 other apartment units since Mayor Corrigan’s council passed Burnaby’s “downtown” Metrotown plan in the summer of 2017. The difference is that this rezoning, […]
Saturday February 17th 2:00pm to 5:00pm Lawn outside of 6525 Sussex Ave at Beresford (2 blocks east of Metrotown Skytrain Station) Since 2011, the Metrotown area has seen over 775 affordable living units destroyed (People’s plan, appendix 1). The passing of the Metrotown Plan this summer is responsible for this loss. Mayor Corrigan and the […]
A potluck and community townhall about the destructive effects of demovictions and our growing movement to stop evictions Wednesday February 7th 6:30pm Burnaby Neighbourhood House, 3rd Floor (4464 Beresford Street, just south-west of the Metrotown skytrain station) After a brief lull around Burnaby City Council`s vote for the area-wide rezoning of Metrotown for condos, demovictions (and […]