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Homes For All

A victory for residents of Anita Place

For the second time, the City Of Maple Ridge backed away from an injunction order after presented with evidence of the safety and security benefits of Anita Place.
By Anna Cooper Anna Cooper | Dec 13, 2017 | Blog, Homes For All

Discriminatory Zoning

Land use decisions should protect the rights and safety of society's least off and most marginalized.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Dec 04, 2017 | Homes For All, Position Papers

Strings attached: The National Housing Strategy won’t help people struggling with homelessness now

Though a positive step in the right direction, there are a few issues with the National Housing Strategy.
By Dj Larkin Dj Larkin | Nov 24, 2017 | Blog, Homes For All

Why we’re doing the Welfare Food Challenge on only $18 a week

There are many reasons why the recent welfare rate increase isn't helping low-income residents.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Nov 01, 2017 | Blog, Homes For All

City of Victoria wants pretty parks, so it may make life hard for homeless people

A proposed bylaw change could allow the City to target and discriminate against people who are homeless in parks.
By Dj Larkin Dj Larkin | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog, Homes For All

Justice Reform for British Columbia: Recommendations for the New Provincial Government

Pivot, along with Community Legal Assistance Society, West Coast LEAF, and BC Civil Liberties Association, is calling for significant, systemic reform to British Columbia's ailing justice system. These recommendations will uplift marginalized and Indigenous communities left behind by inadequate laws and policies.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Sep 06, 2017 | Homes For All, Position Papers

Why bringing back BC’s Human Rights Commission is critically important

The BC NDP announced plans to revive the BC Human Rights Commission. British Columbia has been the only province in Canada without a commission since it was dismantled by the Liberals in 2002.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Aug 14, 2017 | Blog, Homes For All

Maple Ridge tent city residents turn to province for action

Residents of Anita Place homeless encampment in Maple Ridge have filed court proceedings against the Province of British Columbia for leaving them with nowhere to go but the streets.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Jun 29, 2017 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Hundreds at risk of homelessness due to city's reckless inaction: Vancouver has ignored rotting conditions in SROs for too long

The City of Vancouver has let yet another SRO hotel fall into disrepair and now vulnerable residents are at risk of losing their homes.
By Dj Larkin Dj Larkin | Jun 02, 2017 | Blog, Homes For All

Ten Year Tent City prevails over City of Vancouver injunction

Human rights prevailed over property rights after the homeless and their supporters won a victory at BC Supreme Court. Justice Neena Sharma dismissed an injunction application by the city of Vancouver to dismantle a tent city on Main Street after failing to see the "irreparable harm" its presence would have allegedly caused.
By Justin Choi Justin Choi | May 23, 2017 | Blog, Homes For All
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Pivot Legal Society is located on stolen lands of the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We are grateful to Indigenous Peoples for their continuous relationship with their lands and are committed to learning to work in solidarity as accomplices in shifting the colonial default. 

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