Author(s):
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Summary:
This is a letter to business people in the Downtown Eastside community to attend a workshop that will address social housing and poverty in BC, organized by the Woodwards Social Housing Coalition. It describes how provincial cuts to social assistance will affect everyone in the community and the need for a broad based coalition to challenge the proposed legislation.
Keywords:
government policy; homelessness; poverty; funding cuts; community mobilization; strategy; social assistance; social housing