BC Info BotNov 6, 2023
The Tyee: After a Fatal SRO Fire, Inspections Found Dangers at More Buildings https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/06/After-Fatal-SRO-Fire-Inspections-Found-Dangers/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #LookoutHousingandHealthSociety #AtiraWomen’sResourceSociety #VancouverFireRescueServices #AtiraPropertyManagementInc #supportivehousingbuildings #SingleRoomOccupancyHotels #DowntownEastsideSROs #WintersHotelfire #1176GranvilleSt #344EHastingsSt #403EHastingsSt #CatherineRoome #HazelwoodHotel #Luugat
After a Fatal SRO Fire, Inspections Found Dangers at More Buildings | The Tyee

Atira fined for failing to maintain alarms and fire extinguishers in supportive housing.

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BC Info BotMay 30, 2023
The Tyee: New Atira Head Pledges to Improve Safety and Financial Management https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/30/New-Atira-Head-Pledges-Improved-Safety-Financial-Management/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #AtirainterimCEOCatherineRoome #AmyMcCallionAtiraboardmember #AtiraPropertyManagementInc. #AtiraWomen’sResourceSociety #B.C.LabourRelationsBoard #BCGeneralEmployees’Union #ShayneRamsayBCHousing #JenniferCameronAtira #KadidjaYoussoufAtira #ProsperaCreditUnion #HessedTorresAtira #303Columbia
New Atira Head Pledges to Improve Safety and Financial Management | The Tyee

Catherine Roome takes over after a report found BC Housing conflict rules were violated to benefit Atira.

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BC Info BotMay 16, 2023
The Tyee: Atira Audit Will Include For-Profit Arm Linked to Problem SROs https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/16/Atira-Audit-For-Profit-Arm-Problem-SROs/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #CanadaMortgageandHousingCorp. #conflictofinterestviolations #AtiraPropertyManagementInc. #AtiraWomen’sResourceSociety #HousingMinisterAhmedHussen #BCGeneralEmployees’Union #AtiraDevelopmentSociety #BCUnitedMLAPeterMilobar #StrathconaParktentcity #DowntownEastsideSROs #JenniferHallRussell #PremierDavidEby
Atira Audit Will Include For-Profit Arm Linked to Problem SROs | The Tyee

Atira Property Management Inc. has been criticized over safety problems for tenants and workers.

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BC Info BotMay 12, 2023
The Tyee: Altered Minutes, Duelling Appraisals: Inside a Troubled Supportive Housing Deal https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/12/Altered-Minutes-Duelling-Appraisals-Troubled-Supportive-Housing/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #AtiraPropertyManagementInc. #AtiraWomen’sResourceSociety #Single-RoomOccupancyHotels #AtiraPropertyManagement #CWPCPropertyConsultants #ColonialHotelVancouver #MotelHollywoodSurrey #DaleMcMannBCHousing #WintersHotelfire #303ColumbiaSt. #MichaelGeller #StevenLippman
Altered Minutes, Duelling Appraisals: Inside a Troubled Supportive Housing Deal | The Tyee

BC Housing helped Atira buy an SRO hotel for $6.5 million over assessed value. A Tyee special report.

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BC Info BotMay 2, 2023
The Tyee: Meet the Supportive Housing Workers Who Want to Join a Union (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/02/Atira-Workers-Unionizing/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #LookoutHousingandHealthSociety #AtiraWomen’sResourcesSociety #AtiraPropertyManagementInc #B.C.LabourRelationsBoard #BCGeneralEmployees’Union #HessedTorres,Atira #Nak'azdliWhut'en #JenniferCameron #RainCityHousing #Faust,Alberta #SixtiesScoop #Kyé7e,Atira #WorkSafeBC #Dakelh
Meet the Supportive Housing Workers Who Want to Join a Union | The Tyee

Workers at Atira Women’s Resources Society say they’ve had to resort to reporting to WorkSafeBC to get safety issues fixed.

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BC Info BotApr 11, 2023
The Tyee: Winters Hotel Fire Victims Sue City, Building Owner and Operator (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/11/Winters-Hotel-Fire-Victims-Seek-To-Sue/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #CampFioranteMatthewsMogermanLLP #AtiraPropertyManagementInc. #AtiraWomen’sResourceSociety #VancouverFireRescueServices #AtiraDevelopmentSociety #FireHallNo.2Vancouver #DowntownEastsideSROs #JamieThornbacklawyer #WintersResidenceLtd. #WintersHotelfire #JenniferHansma #MaryAnnGarlow #DennisGuay
Winters Hotel Fire Victims Sue City, Building Owner and Operator | The Tyee

Class action lawsuit filed one year after the fatal SRO fire that killed two and displaced 144 tenants.

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BC Info BotApr 11, 2023
The Tyee: A Year after the Deadly Winters Hotel Fire, Union Questions Safety Issues (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/11/Winters-Fire-Year-Recap/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #StephanieSmithBCGeneralEmployees’Union #PeterPlettbuildingownerVancouver #AtiraWomen’sResourcesSociety #JohnClaxton,WintersHotelFire #VancouverFireRescueServices #AtiraPropertyManagementInc #VancouverFireDepartment #UnionGospelMission #JaniceAbbottAtira #DowntownEastside #TheVancouverSun #MaryAnnGarlow
A Year after the Deadly Winters Hotel Fire, Union Questions Safety Issues | The Tyee

A worker who ran to fight the fire says he was not aware that the alarm was off and fire extinguishers were empty.

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BC Info BotJan 25, 2023
The Tyee: Council Approves Grant for Notorious SRO (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/25/Council-Approves-SRO-Grant/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #B.C.MinistryofSocialDevelopmentandPovertyReduction #CanadaMortgageandHousingCorp. #AtiraWomen’sResourceSociety #AtiraPropertyManagementInc. #VancouverCoastalHealth #Coun.RebeccaBligh #JaniceAbbottAtira #PorteCommunities #CityofVancouver #theLondonHotel #Coun.PeteFry #KílalaLelum #BCHousing #Aay̓in
Council Approves Grant for Notorious SRO | The Tyee

Vancouver councillors say they’re satisfied a renovation and new operations plan will make the London Hotel safer.

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BC Info BotJan 16, 2023
The Tyee: New Questions Raised About Deadly Winters Hotel Fire (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/16/Questions-Raised-About-Winters-Hotel-Fire/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #AtiraPropertyManagementInc. #WintersResidenceLtd. #UnionGospelMission #JaniceAbbottAtira #WintersHotel #NikaDesign
New Questions Raised About Deadly Winters Hotel Fire | The Tyee

The former manager of a sister SRO says sprinklers and alarms should have been working if company policy was followed.

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BC Info BotDec 21, 2022
The Tyee: BC Housing Conflict Concerns Were Reported Years Ago, Ex-Employees Say (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/21/BC-Housing-Conflict-Reported-Years-Ago/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #AtiraWomen’sResourceSociety, #AtiraPropertyManagementInc #BCHousingCEOShayneRamsay #JaniceAbbottAtira #WintersHotelfire #PremierDavidEby #SelinaRobinson #BrendaEaton #Ernst&Young #BCHousing
BC Housing Conflict Concerns Were Reported Years Ago, Ex-Employees Say | The Tyee

Despite rules, former CEO directed staff to fund his spouse’s housing agency, they allege.

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