Rent Strike Bargain (@rentstrikebarg) 's Twitter Profile
Rent Strike Bargain

@rentstrikebarg

We are a movement of workers+tenants. We fight for tenant collective bargaining rights + help to seed new tenant unions across so-called BC.

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The Mainlander (@mainlandernews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The less coherent an idea is the more it generates a strange frisson and excitement among city planners and the urban professional class." New essay at 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 investigating the rise and fall of temporary modular housing in Vancouver themainlander.com/2023/11/07/pos…

Rent Strike Bargain (@rentstrikebarg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Landlords get a slap on the wrist for trespassing in a tenant's unit without their permission. Only $100 in punitive damages? And then they pay back what they owe a year later? There are no real consequences for landlords behaving badly dailyhive.com/vancouver/land…

Vancouver Tenants Union (@yvrtenantsunion) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No anti-displacement requirements, and not even any minimal public housing targets attached to this legislation. Buying upzoned land just to give it back to for-profit real estate interests is truly reckless and locks us into a future of #demovictions and sky-high rents. #BCPoli

Rent Strike Bargain (@rentstrikebarg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Policy and market solutions have failed. The politicians and developers operate like a cartel and benefit from our misery. Renters need to organize and build fighting unions to bring down prices. Unions are the best force able to discipline a market and make it work for everyone

Murray Martin (@murmar0) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Can someone tell BC NDP that this plan has been field tested in metrotown last decade and it was disaster for tenants. Thousands of demovictions led to 2nd highest rents in Canada, then ouster of developer funded long time NDP Mayor. Raj Chouhan Janet Routledge Katrina

Larry Savage (@prof_savage) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I joined over 70 labour studies researchers, scholars, and policy experts to express support for a ban on replacement workers in federally-regulated industries. Read our open letter here 👇 perspectivesjournal.ca/open-letter-bi… #canlab #cdnpoli

Zakir Jamal (@heartelllearn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To make this clear: the VPD lied to taxpayers about a spike in crime (which was actually declining) before an election. They stoked a moral panic and used their influence to endorse ABC Vancouver. Guess who then hired 100 cops and made the VPD the best paid force in Canada?

Vancouver Tenants Union (@yvrtenantsunion) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another great article about how the City of Vancouver is letting Andrzej Kowalski destroy 7 affordable units and convert them into 4 expensive condos! Take action to stop these evictions at DefendEastVan.ca

Rent Strike Bargain (@rentstrikebarg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Surge Pricing is a lie... the companies have understaffed their workforce and induced demand by overpromising their service. If sales volumes increase, usually a company incentivizes customers with lower prices. Higher prices at higher volumes is just greed.

Jeremy Withers (@jeremygwithers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ownership of housing is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of wealthy Canadians. My new report for Broadbent Institute tracks the📈& its effects on affordability. 2011 to 2021, investor ownership of: - condos nearly doubled - houses grew by 1/3 perspectivesjournal.ca/housing-invest… 🧵👇

Ownership of housing is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of wealthy Canadians.

My new report for <a href="/broadbent/">Broadbent Institute</a> tracks the📈&amp; its effects on affordability.

2011 to 2021, investor ownership of:
- condos nearly doubled
- houses grew by 1/3

perspectivesjournal.ca/housing-invest…
🧵👇
Rent Strike Bargain (@rentstrikebarg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tell us again how the laws favour tenants? The property ownership should revert to the tenant if they pay the tax. theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/ar…

Jean Swanson (@jeanswanson_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge news. Province intros sro vacancy control. Could save 1500 Sro units from massive rent increases. Thanks to sro collaborative for their work on this. #vanpoli

BC Government News (@bcgovnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As of today, landlords need to submit notices to end a tenancy for personal or caretaker use through the new web portal - if they don't, the notice is invalid. This new process protects tenants from bad faith evictions. StrongerBC.ca/Housing

As of today, landlords need to submit notices to end a tenancy for personal or caretaker use through the new web portal - if they don't, the notice is invalid. This new process protects tenants from bad faith evictions. StrongerBC.ca/Housing