BC Info BotNov 8, 2023
The Tyee: When a Broken Elevator in Supportive Housing Is a ‘Death Sentence’ https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/08/Broken-Elevator-Supportive-Housing-Death-Sentence/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #DowntownEastsidesupportivehousing #CommunityLegalAssistanceSociety #PHSCommunityServicesSociety #BCResidentialTenancyBranch #supportivehousingbuildings #Woodwardssupportivehousing #NationalKidneyFoundation #PortlandHotelelevator #VancouverTenantsUnion #PortlandTenantsUnion #OurHomesCan’tWait
When a Broken Elevator in Supportive Housing Is a ‘Death Sentence’ | The Tyee

Disabled tenants say their supportive-housing provider’s failures had serious health consequences.

The Tyee
BC Info BotFeb 7, 2023
Global News BC: ‘We know it can be done’: Tenants protest after Vancouver SRO elevator broken for months https://globalnews.ca/news/9465742/portland-hotel-elevator-broken-protest/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #PortlandHotelelevatorbroken #PortlandHotelelevator #PortlandHotelSociety #SingleRoomOccupancy #PortlandHotelSRO #Brokenelevator #Portlandhotel #BCgovernment #VancouverSRO #BCHousing #Economy #SRO
‘We know it can be done’: Tenants protest after Vancouver SRO elevator broken for months

B.C.'s Minister of Finance, Ravi Kahlon said the government has known there is 'an issue' at the Portland Hotel since late last year, and that the elevator fix is in the works.

Global News