BC ACORN Members Keep up the Momentum For Safer Neighborhoods
ACORN members held their monthly meeting at the Newton Public Library on August 24th
BC ACORN started organizing in 2005, starting with our first chapter, Surrey. Since then we have built up six more chapters across the lower mainland (New Westminster, Burnaby, Tri-Cities, Whalley, Guilford, and Newton). Some of our biggest victories include: Canada’s first living wage policy in New Westminster; the introduction of a healthy homes bylaw in Surrey; regulation of payday lending; and many local victories against slumlords!
Despite losing our office in an explosion in 2013, BC ACORN is stronger than ever and continuing the fight for healthy homes, disability rights, and closing the digital divide!
Want to be part of the fight? Join ACORN!
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ACORN members held their monthly meeting at the Newton Public Library on August 24th
Video coverage of Surrey tenants' rally
Surrey action on healthy homes
Surrey tenants rally for better housing
Apartment building in appalling state of disrepair
Surrey housing action update
Tenants at an apartment in Surrey are staging a protest about the living conditions, claiming they share their rooms with rats and bed bugs.
Rick Hardy, co-chairman of North Surrey ACORN, says the affordable rent situation is “really bad” in Surrey.
On Tuesday, July 26, ACORN members held their monthly chapter meeting at the Central City Library in Surrey. The members came together to complete the planning stages of a community safety campaign, aimed at improving quality of life in Surrey's lowest income neighborhoods.
Letter from Burnaby ACORN Co-Chair Rick Erb to Burnaby Now