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March 19, 2007<\/span><\/p>\n

Vancouver \u2013 Pivot Legal Society and a coalition of advocacy groups won two low-income housing eviction- and rent-increase cases for residents of one of the Downtown Eastside\u2019s low-income hotels today.<\/p>\n

Two residents of the Golden Crown Hotel received notice today from the Residential Tenancy Branch that their illegal eviction notices and rent increases linked to the Olympics were set aside.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to be part of a process that set aside these flawed eviction notices and rent increases,\u201d says Shabnum Durrani of Pivot Legal Society who was counsel for the tenants. \u201cHowever, this is a short term solution. The only real solution is for government to reinvest in social housing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dThe eviction notices given were for March 31, 2007, to the 28 units in the Golden Crown Hotel located across the street from the Woodward\u2019s building. The eviction notices and rent increases are linked to the 2010 Olympics as owners of the hotel have indicated that they would like to use the hotel to provide housing to Olympic workers rather than the current residents.<\/span><\/p>\n

In setting aside the illegal eviction notice, the dispute resolution officer in the case wrote, \u201cthe \u2018Notice\u2019 given by the landlord is not an \u2018effective\u2019 Notice because it is not in the approved form and it is fatal in its deficiency because it does not inform the tenants of their [rights]\u2026I find the \u2018Notice\u2019 given by the landlord is void from the beginning.\u201d
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\nThe Golden Crown hotel was one of the four hotels scheduled to close to low income individuals in the last four weeks. As a result of the work done by Pivot and several other advocacy groups including the Downtown Eastside Residents\u2019 Association and the Save Low Income Housing Coalition, three of the four hotels have remained open and operating for low income individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier today 46 single room occupancy (SRO) hotel rooms were saved when the new owners handed management of the Carl Rooms to a local non-profit organization. Community advocates, including David Eby from Pivot Legal Society, convinced a partnership of developers, 0773477 B.C. Limited, to turn over management of their recently-purchased SRO to Atira Property Management, a non-profit property management organization. Atira is a Vancouver-based company that operates three other low-income buildings in the Downtown Eastside. The owners\u2019 agreement with Atira includes plans to renovate and improve the building, while it remains at rent levels accessible to those on basic social assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 19, 2007 Vancouver \u2013 Pivot Legal Society and a coalition of advocacy groups won two low-income housing eviction- and rent-increase cases for residents of one of the Downtown Eastside\u2019s low-income hotels today. Two residents of the Golden Crown Hotel received notice today from the Residential Tenancy Branch that their illegal eviction notices and rent increases linked to the Olympics were set aside. \u201cWe are pleased to be part of a process that set aside these flawed eviction notices and rent increases,\u201d says Shabnum Durrani of Pivot Legal Society who was counsel for the tenants. \u201cHowever, this is a short term solution. The only real solution is for government to reinvest in social housing. \u201dThe eviction notices given were for March 31, 2007, to the 28 units in the Golden Crown Hotel located across the street from the Woodward\u2019s building. The eviction notices and rent increases are linked to the 2010 Olympics as owners of the hotel have indicated that they would like to use the hotel to provide housing to Olympic workers rather than the current residents. In setting aside the illegal eviction notice, the dispute resolution officer in the case wrote, \u201cthe \u2018Notice\u2019 given by the landlord is not an \u2018effective\u2019 Notice because it is not in the approved form and it is fatal in its deficiency because it does not inform the tenants of their [rights]\u2026I find the \u2018Notice\u2019 given by the landlord is void from the beginning.\u201d The Golden Crown hotel was one of the four hotels scheduled to close to low income individuals in the last four weeks. As a result of the work done by Pivot and several other advocacy groups including the Downtown Eastside Residents\u2019 Association and the Save Low Income Housing Coalition, three of the four hotels have remained open and operating for low income individuals. Earlier today 46 single room occupancy (SRO) hotel rooms were saved when the new owners handed management of the Carl Rooms to a local non-profit organization. Community advocates, including David Eby from Pivot Legal Society, convinced a partnership of developers, 0773477 B.C. Limited, to turn over management of their recently-purchased SRO to Atira Property Management, a non-profit property management organization. Atira is a Vancouver-based company that operates three other low-income buildings in the Downtown Eastside. 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