SRO

• Vancouver SRO kept open for 2 tenants and last tenant refuses to move

  The building is now privately owned, and the government says that BC Housing has been working to find new homes for tenants, but Robert is refusing to move.

  Politics

  May 19
  
• ‘Destroyed in less than a year’: Granville St. SRO resident wants public to see conditions

  Stewart Holcombe said the bathroom roof in his fourth-floor unit at the SRO had caved in due to flooding from all the fires over the years, and his new accommodation is way better.

  Politics

  May 2
  
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• ‘Slum landlord’: Granville bar flood exposes conditions inside BC Housing SRO

  “It’s horrific,” said BC Conservative interim leader Trevor Halford. The fact of the matter is that the province is operating like a slum landlord.”

  Canada

  Apr 29
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• The DTES ‘problem’ is not a housing problem, SRO employee says

  Global News requested an interview with Larry Campbell, who is more than halfway through his six-month $92,000 contract, but we have yet to receive a response from Eby’s office.

  Health

  Jan 19
• BC Housing directed to investigate accused killer’s presence at SRO

  The province has directed BC Housing to investigate how an accused killer, wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, was able to shelter in a single-room occupancy building in Vancouver.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2025
• Notorious former Vancouver SRO to house Road to Recovery patients, after Beedie purchase

  Members of the local business community said they are hopeful the new tenants will be a good fit for the neighbourhood.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2025
• B.C. to let Vancouver limit SRO rent hikes between tenants in Downtown Eastside

  The move comes at the request of the city, which saw its own attempt to implement so-called "vacancy control" blocked by the courts. 

  Politics

  May 13, 2024
• ‘No slumlords’: Winters Hotel survivors rally 2 years after deadly fire

  The single-room occupancy (SRO) hotel in Gastown was consumed by fire on April 11, 2022, killing 68-year-old Mary Garlow and 53-year-old Dennis Guay.

  Crime

  Apr 11, 2024
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• Vancouver wants Supreme Court of Canada to weigh in on bylaw limiting rent hikes

  Two B.C. courts have rejected a Vancouver bylaw limiting how much landlords can hike rents when SRO units turn over. The city wants the Supreme Court of Canada to hear the case.

  Cannabis

  Apr 2, 2024
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• Vancouver council to debate plan to improve, replace SRO stock

  ABC Coun. Rebecca Bligh's motion takes aim at Vancouver's 146 single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels, many of which are in the DTES, and are notorious for squalid conditions.

  Politics

  Nov 23, 2023