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When the province introduced legislation earlier this month to build more towers near transit hubs, many housing advocates called it a win. In order to build those towers though, many older buildings filled with low to moderate income renters will have to be torn down. As Alissa Thibault reports, one expert is calling the lack...

Tenants and advocates marched from City Hall to Queen’s Park on International Tenant’s Day to deliver an open letter to the province and city, protesting ‘demovictions’ and calling for the protection of tenant’s rights. Kayla McLean reports.

Residents of a Nepean neighbourhood march down Woodroffe Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. They’re calling for the city to change a proposed route for the Stage 3 Barrhaven LRT, which would potentially see 120 units in Manor Village demolished and hundreds of families displaced.

Wed, Jun 1: Low-rise rental buildings in the Metrotown area of Burnaby are being demolished to make way for high-rise condos in the city’s push to add density. CKNW reporters Simon Little and Matt Lee join Global News with the story of two seniors being evicted.

Fri, Jul 15: Protesters at an occupied Burnaby apartment building are vowing not to leave, despite a court injunction. Nadia Stewart reports.

Vancouver city council has rejected a motion to track the pace of demovictions along the Broadway corridor. The housing development on Broadway is expected to ramp up in the future following last year’s passing of the Broadway Plan.

June 1, 2016:The city of Burnaby is moving to transform Metrotown into its official ‘downtown.’ But the drive to transit-oriented density comes with a human cost.

Housing activists in Burnaby are renewing their calls for affordable housing. A moratorium on development in the Metrotown area is coming to an end and members of Alliance Against Displacement are concerned a mass rezoning project will displace hundreds of low-income residents.

A Vancouver city councilor is asking staff to track the number of people forced out of their apartments as the city prepares a wholesale redevelopment of lands near a new SkyTrain line being built along Broadway. Grace Ke reports.

Police have now swooped in to break up an ongoing squat at a Burnaby building slated for demolition. Protestors had been there for a week and a half, to protest so-called ‘demovictions’. Ted Field has the latest details on what the protesters plan to do next.

Police cleared out a protest over demolition evictions in Burnaby. Seven demonstrators fighting for affordable housing were arrested. John Hua has more on their removal.

The Metrotown area of Burnaby is undergoing a major transition but not everyone is happy with the changes. Jordan Armstrong has the details.

OneCity Councillor Christine Boyle is suggesting the city of Vancouver allow social housing projects up to 12 storeys without public hearings but as Jordan Armstrong reports, critics fear it could lead to demovictions and land speculation.

A group of Torontonians at three different apartment buildings are rallying against a developer they say is looking to upgrade buildings to remove rent-controlled units. Ahmar Khan reports.

Being evicted is never easy. But coupled with the pandemic and an immuno-deficiency disorder; it could become a living nightmare. This is the case for a Vancouver woman, who says she’s being forced out by developers. As Aaron McArthur reports, there’s now renewed pressure to prevent such “demovictions”.

A look at B.C.’s flooding across the province. A Vancovuer city councillor is raising a motion to track how many demovictions are related to the Broadway SkyTrain project. A B.C. MP and a Ukrainian doctor are urging governments to make it easier for internationally-trained doctors to get certified. A lawsuit has been filed related to...

Metrotown residents with ‘Stop Demovictions Burnaby’ are marching in support of housing demonstrators in Berlin. One of the organizers explains how they hope to create major housing reforms here in BC.

The apartment building slated for demolition in Burnaby is effectively the only homeless shelter in the city. Activists want the mayor of Burnaby to do something to deal with this ever growing problem. Grace Ke reports.

Tue, Mar 7: It has become an all-too-familiar fight in Vancouver: tenants forced out of their affordable housing by so-called demovictions. But the latest victims in Vancouver say their concerns go beyond rent increases. Nadia Stewart explains.

There are concerns dozens of low-income seniors will be forced out of homes that some have lived in for decades. Paul Johnson reports, including what the owner of the building has to say.