Jean Swanson
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‘They still house people’: Renovated SROs welcomed as part of DTES plan, but advocates call for moreNews of the newly-renovated SRO units for Downtown Eastside residents comes just months before 98 modular units in downtown Vancouver are slated to close.PoliticsMar 29, 2023
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Vancouver approves vacancy control on single-room accommodationCity council voted 10–1 Wednesday evening to approve a vacancy control motion that largely ties rents to the unit, rather than the tenant.NewsNov 18, 2021
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Vancouver backs push for ‘compassion clubs’ selling safer heroin, cocaine, methTwo groups are seeking a federal exemption to drug laws to run a "compassion club" that would distribute an untainted supply of street drugs, in a bid to curb overdose deaths.HealthOct 8, 2021
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Vancouver councillors want city to declare a homelessness emergencyThe motion calls for a plan to find and build housing for at least 80 per cent of the homeless people in Vancouver and other cities within three years.Feb 23, 2020
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Vancouver councillor looks to protect SRO housing around new St. Paul’s HospitalThe new health-care campus is blocks away from hundreds of low-income housing units that Coun. Jean Swanson says are under threat.Jan 18, 2020
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City of Vancouver votes to demand fossil fuel companies cover climate change costsThe motion, which passed 7-4, points to a B.C. government report that projects the City of Vancouver will have to spend $1 billion this century to mitigate rising sea levels.PoliticsJun 28, 2019
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Vancouver could join other B.C. municipalities asking energy sector to cover climate change costsA motion set to be introduced this week asks the mayor and council to write letters to fossil fuel companies to request accountability.CanadaJun 23, 2019
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Vancouver council rejects proposal to freeze controversial rental incentive programVancouver City Councillors have voted to defer a motion looking at freezing incentives for purpose-built rental housing.CanadaApr 4, 2019
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Vancouver councillor calls for end to financial incentives to developers under rental programCoun. Jean Swanson says the Rental 100 program isn't actually creating affordable rentals in the city.Mar 31, 2019
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COPE calls for warming station, storage for Oppenheimer Park homeless campersA pair of Vancouver politicians are calling on the city to provide a warming station and storage services for the dozens of homeless campers in Oppenheimer Park.PoliticsMar 11, 2019
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