Single Room Occupancy
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Fire crews tackle ‘suspicious’ 2-alarm SRO fire in VancouverCrews arrived Thursday afternoon to find thick smoke billowing from the southeast side of the three-storey single-room occupancy (SRO) building.FireSep 7, 2023
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$2,000 for 200 square feet: TikTok of Vancouver rental raises hacklesA TikTok video advertising a $2,000 rental in a tiny single-room unit in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has sparked backlash, and conversation about the city's rental market.CanadaAug 16, 2023
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B.C. funding $11M in skills training for SRO hotel residentsThe B.C. government says it's providing $11 million to a non-profit in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside aimed at training and empowering tenants of single-room occupancy hotels.EconomyMay 18, 2023
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‘We know it can be done’: Tenants protest after Vancouver supportive housing elevator broken for monthsB.C.'s Minister of Finance, Ravi Kahlon said the government has known there is 'an issue' at the Portland Hotel since late last year, and that the elevator fix is in the works.EconomyFeb 6, 2023
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Vancouver council approves plan to improve fire safety in city’s SROsThe proposal comes amid a troubling — and sometimes deadly — increase in fires and fire-related calls in the city's Downtown Eastside.FireJan 31, 2023
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BC NDP reviewing SRO maintenance model, BC Liberals say action needed nowSROs house many of Vancouver's most vulnerable low-income people. Many were built in the early 1900s and have become notorious for poor living conditions.PoliticsJan 6, 2023
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‘Cleaner on the street’: Inside an SRO hotel in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside"The bathrooms are in such a disgusting state, you wouldn't even want your dog to use them, to be honest. It's just gross."HealthJan 4, 2023
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Demolition of Vancouver’s notorious Balmoral hotel to begin in NovemberThe project could take up to a year, and will kick off with the safe removal of waste and hazardous materials before moving on to proper demolition next spring.CanadaNov 1, 2022
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Coroner’s inquest ordered into deadly Winters Hotel fire in GastownMary Ann Garlow, 68, and Dennis Guay, 53, both died when the Winters Hotel, a single-room occupancy (SRO) hotel caught fire on April 11.FireJul 21, 2022
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Councillor wants to add ‘teeth’ to bylaw enforcing Vancouver building maintenanceCoun. Sarah Kirby-Yung wants to add "teeth" to the city's Standards of Maintenance By-Law, which ensures properties are free of hazards and meet health and fire codes.PoliticsFeb 6, 2022
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