“It’s not that some people shouldn’t be heard. We’re going to hear from homeowners no matter what … But I can see renters’ issues getting lost.”
Tenant advocates are alarmed and confused over a proposed move they say would reduce the voice of Vancouver’s renters at city hall, during a rental-housing crisis.Vancouver’s Renters Advisory Committee was established in December 2014 under the previous mayor and council “to advocate for renters and renters issues to the City of Vancouver and other levels of government.
”But, Boyle said, the proposal before council Wednesday to discontinue the renters committee and move forward with a new body was the result of “cross-partisan compromise,” because some other councillors had wanted to establish a separate “homeowners or property-owners committee.”Sawatzky isn’t a fan of that idea.“On what basis could a ‘homeowners advisory committee’ possibly be justified in a city where it’s so expensive to buy a home?” Sawatzky asked.
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