Allard Hall

Unhoused and precariously housed people must continuously navigate various public and private spaces, including sidewalks, parks, shelters, transitional housing, storage facilities, rooming houses, single-room accommodations, and insecure rental housing. Their belongings are vulnerable to the rules set for each of these regulators. This event will launch a new report that compiles and analyses the multiple […]

Homeless encampments on publicly-owned land have become a common symptom of the housing crisis in British Columbia. Sooner or later, governments often respond to them by going to court for injunctions to shut them down, dispersing many occupants to streets, parks or new encampments. The BC courts seem eager to oblige. But how eager exactly […]