Judge again orders Abbotsford homeless camp eviction
As temperatures plummet and snow billows down before the holidays, today a B.C. Supreme Court judge ordered the eviction of an Abbotsford homeless camp.
In more than a decade of journalism, one of my enduring interests has been housing, real estate and homelessness.
In 2013, I began a year-long reporting project exploring solutions to the affordable housing crisis in B.C. for the Tyee Solutions Society, investigating rental, social housing, and homeownership. I have been covering housing issues regularly since I first slept overnight in a squatted abandoned building for a Martlet newspaper feature in 2003.
Below are some samples from my homelessness portfolio.
As temperatures plummet and snow billows down before the holidays, today a B.C. Supreme Court judge ordered the eviction of an Abbotsford homeless camp.
Eroding incomes and plunging rental stock leave 380,600 households in ‘severe’ need.
Affordable housing is a recognized human right, say legal advocates, but too many residents of B.C. are unable to exercise that right, or even access the legal system as tenants.