This federal survey is a complete #farce. My Dad got covid in hospital. He died from long covid cardiac arrest. My Aunt got covid in hospital & now suffers from long covid.....
With vague promises that “this will be better” than a previous temporary shelter at the site, council adopted new bylaws & amended the official #CommunityPlan for the #housing project at 225 Russell St.
I just fucking chased off Saanich PD from a neighbour's home - 10 minutes ago & am fucking shaking from shock still. They raided a multiple students rental home & had 3 vehicles with all lights flashing on. I went outside & started to shout at cops - You fucking arresting a violent criminal? You being held at violent gunpoint? I have a bread knife! You gonna shoot me? Why the fuck are you escalating shit? TURN LIGHTS OFF, YOU BULLY BADGE FUCKERS! They turned them off & then left.
No one detained or arrested. #SaanichPD once again made a fucking WELLNESS CHECK into a crime scene scenario. These incompetent fuckers got a huge raise recently because our #SaanichMayor is #corrupt as fuck.
I was disappointed to find out that the new rental housing being built here - won't actually be affordable enough for former tenants of the demolished homes that used to sit on this lot. Several low income, multi-suites rental homes were demolished last year & this year. We are in desperate need of truly affordable housing for low income & marginalized families in #Saanich & #VictoriaBC.
#NoFault#evictions like these — without any missed rent payments or damage to a unit — account for roughly 85% of the total in #BritishColumbia according to a 2023 #UBC study of the period between 2016 & 2021. During that interval, one-in-10 #BCrenters studied were #evicted.
These rates outpace the rest of #Canada in both total ousted #tenants & ones kicked out for no fault of their own.
#Protests & citizens' #dissent does work to increase pressure on government - on rare occasions, changes happen fairly quickly.
Since this sign was made - Selina Robinson resigned & Randall Garrison isn't running again👍
Vivid, an 135-unit condo building in downtown Victoria, was billed as a pilot for an affordable home ownership program for middle-income earners. It was built by Chard Developments with a $53M low-interest loan from the B.C. government.
Coverage prices could rise due to the impacts of #ClimateChange fueled disasters.
As water levels and average temperatures rise, so do concerns over #InsuranceCoverage for Greater Victoria #homeowners amid a larger problem in #BritishColumbia – climate change-fuelled disasters.
Four months after Tiny Town initially closed, #BCgovernment has now announced its plans to reopen the #SupportiveHousing units at same location.
#TinyTown previously provided homes for formerly #unhoused people on Caledonia Ave. The units were #repurposed#ShippingContainers, & the last of the residents moved out when the supportive housing at 1075 Meares St. opened in October 2023.
Affordable living for #renters without cars is coming to downtown #VictoriaBC.
A development that’s been in the works since 2017 has been given the stamp of approval at a city council meeting on Thursday, February 22nd.
The development is a 269-unit, 23-storey building, located at 937 View St & is intended solely for the rental market. It is being built in order to address the city’s growing #housing needs.
The #VictoriaPolice force is the subject of new revelations after recently marred by allegations of #corruption, including tainting important investigations and potentially lying to lawyers.
Freedom Of Information (#FOI) documents show that in the last decade, 14 Victoria Police officers have retired or resigned while #UnderInvestigation
It took a fucking white man to help pass free menstrual supplies to women. I want you all to process that fact hard. The exact same white man is OK with being covid unsafe & has been covid unsafe for several months now. I'm not gonna be championing any anti masker person - especially full NDP partisan person & who had shown me his narcissism outweighs his ethics. Fuck that shit, from anyone. You didn't just lose me, Teale - you lost over 200 supporters.
I actually loathe having to flag racism because I hate it but it is still happening. I flag, I confront, I don't pretend it doesn't exist. How can I pretend, when in recent years, hateful racism has arisen to points I was assaulted by racist antimaskers, calling me "fucked up gook" "Chinese plague girl" "Yellow shithead" & worse. While white folks said/did nothing to show me they have basic human decency.