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Tenants/renters
Recommendation 4:
Buy or lease SRO hotels, especially near the location of the new St. Paul’s Hospital at the South end of the DTES to prevent them from gentrifying and pushing out low income residents.
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Recommendation 68:
BC Housing should increase housing supply for People of African Descent by establishing and funding programs that reserve portions of new affordable housing units for members of the People of African Descent community. In doing this, it is critical to partner with nonprofit developers and developers with the necessary cultural competency and ties to minority communities to prevent the formation of ghetto-like complexes.
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Recommendation 70:
BC Housing should improve diversity in staffing and include People of African Descent on teams that interview applicants of affordable housing units to support the development of culturally-appropriate housing for the People of African Descent community across the province including having homes that can accommodate bigger families and support communal and co-op living.
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Recommendation 105:
An annual audit of all landlords and property managers to track refusal of housing and housing discrimination.
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Recommendation 8:
Amend the SRA bylaw to define SRO hotel “conversion” to mean raising rents above welfare and pension level shelter rates. Include zero-eviction conditions in all renovation and building permits.
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Recommendation 14:
Amend the provincial Residential Tenancy Act to cover all housing and to strengthen tenants rights. Amend the provincial Human Rights Code and Residential Tenancy Act to make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of social condition including health status and drug use.
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Recommendation 106:
Amend the provincial Human Rights Code and Residential Tenancy Act to make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of social condition including health status and drug use.
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Recommendation 108:
Amend the City of Vancouver Single Room Accommodation bylaw to define SRO conversion to mean raising rents above income assistance-shelter rates. Include zero–eviction conditions in all renovation and building permits.
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Recommendation 26:
Amend the BC Human Rights Code and Residential Tenancy Act to make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of social condition including class, poverty and drug use.
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Recommendation 110:
All levels of government must buy or lease SRO hotels to prevent them from gentrifying and pushing out low-income residents.
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