BC Poverty Reduction Coalition

I'm so pleased to see #ubcm2025 support calling on the Province to declare housing as a human rights in BC! Next step: making this commitment real. Local governments, I urge you to read our guidance on how to respect the rights of encampment residents: bchumanrights.ca/wp-content/upl…

Breaking: delegates at #UBCM2025 overwhelmingly support calling on province to declare housing as a human right in BC. #bcpoli

We're in Victoria this week for #UBCM2025 to support local elected officials in passing a resolution about housing as a human right! Have you called on your local leaders to support NR 17 this week? 🏡

Bonus: tag your local elected officials here!

Write to your City Council about the value of treating housing as a human right in BC: win.newmode.net/bcpovertyreduc…

It's time for BC to recognize housing as a human right. Later this month, municipal delegates from across the province will vote on Resolution NR 17 at UBCM to affirm housing as a human right in BC.

Passing concurrent motions across this many municipalities was made possible with excellent collaborators. Thank you to Mayor & Council fr Burnaby, Nanaimo, North Vancouver, Langford, Langley City, Saanich, Vancouver, and Victoria for affirming housing as a human right.

[RELEASE] Nine City Councils are calling on the BC gov't to recognize housing as a human right. Housing is recognized as a human right at the federal level in Canada. It's time our provincial government steps up to make the same commitment, in policy and practice. #bcpoli

We did it. Thanks to @PtFry and @PovReductionBC

@WorkerSol_BC @womentcities @MovementYVR 7. 🔗 Find a neighbourhood house, community group, or other cause in your community that could use an hour of your time. Sign up this week to be part of something offline.

@WorkerSol_BC 6. 👀 Up your mythbusting game by attending a webinar on local government's role in public transit this Wednesday (co-hosted by @womentcities + @MovementYVR) eventbrite.ca/e/demystifying…

🧵 Resist apathy, take action: a thread of #cdnpoli & #bpoli advocacy actions people can take right now.

Our Racial Equity Researcher and Policy Analyst @VeroSioufi joined Rowan Burdge @PovReductionBC, Amy Lubik, Port Moody Councillor & Bailey Waukey, Aboriginal Housing Management Association at the 2025 High Ground 'Housing as a Human Right' session.

We’re disappointed there’s once again no increase for assistance or disability rates in #BCBudget2025. Without at least indexing rates to inflation, the most economically vulnerable people in our province will not be able to meet their needs.

When MLAs swing by the office, we make sure to get a word in! We presented @s_malcolmson @terryyungyvr @NdpJoan a stack of postcards signed by people in BC, calling for serious investment in public transit. We want to see cross-ministry collab for the good of BC. #bcpoli