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‘Destroyed in less than a year’: Granville St. SRO resident wants public to see conditionsStewart 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.PoliticsMay 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.”CanadaApr 29
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The DTES ‘problem’ is not a housing problem, SRO employee saysGlobal 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.HealthJan 19
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BC Housing directed to investigate accused killer’s presence at SROThe 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.CanadaDec 20, 2025
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Notorious former Vancouver SRO to house Road to Recovery patients, after Beedie purchaseMembers of the local business community said they are hopeful the new tenants will be a good fit for the neighbourhood.CanadaMar 7, 2025
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B.C. to let Vancouver limit SRO rent hikes between tenants in Downtown EastsideThe move comes at the request of the city, which saw its own attempt to implement so-called "vacancy control" blocked by the courts.PoliticsMay 13, 2024
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‘No slumlords’: Winters Hotel survivors rally 2 years after deadly fireThe 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.CrimeApr 11, 2024
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Vancouver wants Supreme Court of Canada to weigh in on bylaw limiting rent hikesTwo 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.CannabisApr 2, 2024
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Vancouver council to debate plan to improve, replace SRO stockABC 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.PoliticsNov 23, 2023
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Video mocks viral TikTok showcasing $2,000 SRO rental in VancouverCreator Trey Helten, who manages the Overdose Prevention Society (OPS), said he and other DTES residents “wanted to show the whole truth.”EconomyAug 28, 2023
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