‘Housing For All’ rally held in downtown Vancouver
“The goal is for us to get support, spread knowledge and try to get dignified housing for everyone,” said Aeio Marion, a VANDU block steward and co-organizer.Advocates, homeless looking to new premier and mayor for help with Vancouver housing crisis“We have crappy SROs that lack fire codes, which have had many fires in them over the last few years,” said Marion.“It’s crazy that people are choosing to live in the streets over the SROs. It shows how bad they really are.
“I’ve been advocating since 2014 to do something differently. We need to do temporary shelter options or tiny homes. Something that is better than a tent,” said Pete Fry, a Vancouver City Councillor. “We are trying to build new housing but those take years to materialize. We need to be doing something now.”A new city council has those at the rally hopeful change may happen with a new mayor.Story continues below advertisement
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