BC ACORN

Kristina Foley is desperate. The single mom on income assistance is being evicted from her Surrey apartment.

ACORN members turned out to rally for better regulations on predatory lenders.

BC ACORN members rallied for changes in the Residential Tenancies Act.

Surrey ACORN joined trade union activist in calling on the government of British Columbia to raise the minimum wage.

Yesterday BC ACORN members from Vancouver, Surrey, New Westminster, Burnaby and Coquitlam rallied in front of a Vancouver Money Mart location, calling on the Province to take immediate action against predatory payday lenders that are bleeding BC's working poor dry.

ACORN wants the B.C. government to change the legislation regulating the payday loan industry, including reducing the maximum rates charged, currently up to $23 per $100 borrowed.

Letter to the editor of the Surrey Leader from BC ACORN member Anna Kowalewski

A report to Burnaby city council last month by the Stop Demovictions Burnaby Campaign decries the loss of nearly 700 rental units to development in Burnaby since 2010 and made four recommendations, including that Burnaby put a moratorium on the demolition of rental apartments. The group is organized by the Alliance Against Displacement, ACORN Burnaby and the Metrotown Residents Association.

Surrey ACORN members held a well-attended action at City Hall.

Surrey ACORN members are calling on the city to improve access to affordable housing by creating a mandatory inclusionary zoning clause that would require developers to set aside 30 per cent of all new residential units built in the city as subsidized or affordable housing.