“This feels so much safer, not just in your own unit, but in the building. You feel safe walking through the halls...I found that I am sleeping through the whole night, and I hadn’t done that in years.”
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#housingforall#subsidizedhousing#DTES https://t.co/6Bx5MqHLpf
The Atira Workers Housing Coop in Downtown #Vancouver, #Canada, for non-profit employees, could serve as a model for resolving the city's housing crisis. #coops https://t.co/R0GlyjDuN2
The London Hotel, a once deteriorating SRO with dark rooms, has been revitalized. Atira is almost ready to re-open the building with a program to support the Indigenous community it will house.
Click the link for more info and before and after photos: https://t.co/1h8mCAtINS
We planned on issuing an update in October. Recent media questions have necessitated we issue this update earlier than planned. It is long, but we elected to provide as much detail as possible, in an effort to be transparent.
See full update: https://t.co/dtCZdRt552
Atira will remain open on September 19th and are encouraging our staff to take time to reflect on the harm caused by The Crown and to consider what each of us is willing to give up to advance Reconciliation here in Canada and around the world.
https://t.co/lFyJgjklb4
Statement from Christopher Amyotte’s Family: “We also demand justice for Chris and for all Indigenous and Black people who are overrepresented in fatal police encounters across this country called Canada.”
@VancouverPD@MurrayRankinNDP@iiobc
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First month in recent memory where there were no deaths due to bad drug policy. Not sure what this means, it’s just one month, but we are all taking a deep breath, in this moment. #harmreduction#criticalincidents
Women at Sarah Ross House came together to share and express their experiences of misogyny through this collaborative art project.
We are proud of the strength and resilience of the women in our programs everyday 🧡 #endvaw#vaw#freeofviolence#atirahousing#FeministFriday
In 2021/22, we experienced 1,304 critical incidents, or 3.6 critical incidents each day, with the most incidents involving violence.
See our critical incident dashboard in the above photos & the 2021/22 Critical Incident Analysis Report here: https://t.co/GWB7OLCdGl
Appreciation post! 🙌
Please raise your hands up to all of the people who work at Atira and in the housing sector, particularly those providing supportive housing, for the complex and challenging work that we all do.
We appreciate each and every one of you! 😊
Whenever there is a tragedy (that respectable people can't ignore) that involves poor people, a cause small enough for one finger to point to is always sought & usually found. It could be a person, a single policy, a 'mistake.'
Conveniently suggesting this is 'outlier' not norm
Regular meetings with the fire department have been occurring for years, with the latest meeting discussing tenant education, false alarm reduction and addressing issues with hoarding. @StephenQ3340 @simisara980
@JenStDen@CBCEarlyEdition @simisara980 Hi Jen. We meet with the fire department quarterly and have been for years. The topics discussed at our most recent meeting include tenant education, reducing false alarms and addressing hoarding issues. Please don't conflate with violations.
@CBCEarlyEdition @simisara980
It's unfortunate that these regularly recurring meetings, formed years ago to as a collaborative comms, support and advocacy tool btwn @CityofVancouver, @VanFireRescue & @atiraproperty is now being used by @JenStDen as part of her biased publications @StephenQ3340 @simisara980
We also want to send a congratulations to John Fowler for being nominated for Strata Manager of The Year!
We are so grateful to have such talented and dedicated hard workers helping us support people in the community!
We want to give a big Atira shoutout to APMI Rental Property Manager Annarita for winning Rental Manager of the Year at last night's @PAMA_Vancouver awards ceremony!
Congratulations Annarita and we thank you for all the work you do for our community! 😊
We are currently in the process of gearing up to replicate the survey and training for tenant surveyors in the next week.
Thank you to @CWhitzman, Hajar, our tenant surveyors and all of our responders! #COVID19BC
Last year's report: https://t.co/rZx2eXQVur
1] While our mandate has always practiced hiring from the community, we are currently in the process of elevating our mandate further by offering front desk positions to those living in #StrathconaPark who are moving into housing this week. These positions include benefits...