The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition’s “Blueprint for Justice” released in 2020 describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified existing inequities and revealed the depth and breadth of the durable policy and investments needed to truly reduce poverty and inequality in B.C. It describes the concrete actions needed to ensure nobody is left behind during the pandemic and beyond it, centering its recommendations on four principles: economic security, universal basic services, equity and climate justice. The full blueprint can be found here.
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Recommendation 50: Continue to build a continuum of social housing that offers a flexible range of supports that respects the choice and autonomy of citizens to transition into safe, permanent housing.-
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Recommendation 51: Increase the stock of modular units with wrap-around supported services to tackle homelessness province-wide.-
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Recommendation 52: Build all social and affordable housing according to principles of universal design.-
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Recommendation 54: Increase the province-wide stock of all forms of social housing.-
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Recommendation 55: Increase the province-wide stock of non-market rental, public and co-op housing, with 20,000 new units per year starting in 2021.-
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Recommendation 56: Follow all guidelines and recommendations in the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Report, A National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada.-
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Recommendation 57: Legislate BC’s Permanent Residents’ right to vote in municipal elections in BC.-
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Recommendation 59: Fully restore and fund poverty law legal aid in BC to address areas such as income security, employment, housing, and debt.-
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Recommendation 60: Provide mandatory training to ensure all practitioners providing legal aid are trained in trauma-informed, culturally safe practises that include power analysis and gender-based violence training.-
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Recommendation 61: Increase funding for family law legal aid, raise the income cut-off for eligibility, and significantly increase the number of hours available per case.-
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