July Organizing Meeting
Join your neighbours in the struggle against the root cause of the demovictions crisis in Metrotown: colonialism and capitalism. On Tuesday, July 10th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, at the Burnaby [...]
Stopping demovictions will mean getting to the colonial root of the evictions crisis
On Saturday, June 30th, over 150 residents were evicted from the 62 units of housing at 6525, 6559 and 6585 Sussex Avenue. Most had already been intimidated and pressured [...]
Rally & BBQ Against Evictions and Displacement
Rally at Sussex Avenue to resist the ongoing cycle of evictions and displacement in Metrotown. Where: 6525 Sussex Avenue, Burnaby (across from Metrotown Skytrain station) When: Sunday July 1st [...]
Metrotown Community Town Hall: The Violent Cycle of Evictions
The Tenant Eviction Defense Network believes that only by tenants organizing themselves, supporting each other and resisting together can we break the endless cycle of demovictions. The government or the corporate landlords won’t stop our constant displacement; it’s up to us to put a wrench in the spokes of the demoviction machine. Join us on Wednesday, June 6th at 6:30pm at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House (4460 Beresford Street, third floor) across from the Metrotown Skytrain Station to plan how we can fight together to break the cycle of demovictions.
March against Evictions | No more evictions! Stop all forced displacement!
What: All-community demonstration for housing justice When: Saturday, April 21st 2:00pm Where: Metrotown Skytrain Station (Meet at the corner of Beresford and Sussex) Renters and homeless people everywhere in [...]
Monthly Townhall | Demoviction Crisis in Metrotown
What: Monthly TownhallWhen: Wednesday April 4th 6:30pmWhere: Burnaby Neighbourhood House, 3rd floor (4460 Beresford Street, just south-west of the Metrotown Skytrain Station)At the end of July 2017, Burnaby City Council [...]
Making a “downtown” Burnaby for the rich, one rezoning at a time
Stop Demovictions Burnaby report on the February 27th Intracorp rezoning hearingOn Tuesday February 27th, the residents of 31 units of rental housing faced the same threat as the residents of [...]
Tenant Eviction Defense Network Block Party
Saturday February 17th 2:00pm to 5:00pm Lawn outside of 6525 Sussex Ave at Beresford (2 blocks east of Metrotown Skytrain Station) Since 2011, the Metrotown area has seen over [...]
Potluck and townhall: Demovictions are Heart Breaking!
A potluck and community townhall about the destructive effects of demovictions and our growing movement to stop evictions Wednesday February 7th 6:30pm Burnaby Neighbourhood House, 3rd Floor (4464 Beresford Street, [...]
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Burnaby Council pushes ahead with another Metrotown demoviction rezoning, using unsubsidized and unaffordable “non-market” housing as a smokescreen GalleryBurnaby Council pushes ahead with another Metrotown demoviction rezoning, using unsubsidized and unaffordable “non-market” housing as a smokescreen
Burnaby Council pushes ahead with another Metrotown demoviction rezoning, using unsubsidized and unaffordable “non-market” housing as a smokescreen
On Tuesday December 12th, Metrotown residents and anti-demoviction activists trekked back to Burnaby City Hall to face down the Corrigan Council at a hearing for a rezoning application that, when [...]