The Carnegie Housing Project does community-based research and organizing on issues related to social housing, income, and gentrification in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver, BC. We work with residents and community organizations to secure a future for the neighbourhood that serves the needs of its residents.
Join us to stop the gentrification of the DTES
Sign up to speak at City Council’s public hearing on December 9!
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In February of 2024, we released a report on a DTES call for government action to support people who are unhoused.
Priority actions
The City of Vancouver is losing more affordable housing than is being built. If the government doesn’t act immediately to stop the loss and build housing that is actually affordable, many more working class residents will be pushed out of the city or onto the streets.
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Implement Vacancy Control in SROs to limit the amount landlords can raise rents between tenancies.
Extend the leases on the Modular Housing buildings or find new sites within Vancouver so we don’t lose 816 units of deeply subsidized housing.
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Vancouver needs at least 3,500 rental units affordable for people on Welfare, Disability, and Basic Pension now, requiring approximately $2 billion. The federal government is responsible for funding necessary housing like it used to from the ‘60s to early ‘90s.
Change the provincial definition of Social Housing to include deep subsidy units that are affordable for people on Welfare, Disability, and Basic Pension.
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Open enough shelter spaces or tiny homes before winter that are appropriate for the needs of those who use them.
Fund Community Land Trusts to purchase private SROs to keep them affordable and opperate them with tenant governance.