It’s important that youth, their families and communities have the resources to address the root causes of violence, say those opposed to reinstating the program.
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Reliance Properties CEO Jon Stovell said city staff had previously refused to advance a rezoning enquiry for 484 rental units where there is now a parking lot – beside the 27-storey MacMillan Bloedel Building (designed by Arthur Erickson) at the corner of Melville and Thurlow streets. Of those rental units, 104 would be offered at below-market rent for essential workers making between $39,200 and $78,500 a year.
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“Our initial inquiry for our workforce housing project was almost two years ago and it never saw the light of day at city hall, even though it met key housing objectives,” Stovell said in a statement. “Council’s new policy finally gives us a path forward.”
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Dan Fumano: Union locals develop housing for Vancouver teachers Opinion: Some observers, including at least one city councillor, wonder if other unions could follow example of developing workforce housing.
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Publishing date: Jul 14, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 4 minute read • Council has approved a proposal from the Vancouver public school teachers associations seeking to redevelop their property on Commercial Drive to build 27 units of non-market housing to provide much needed housing for teachers new to the profession who struggle with the cost of living and working in Vancouver. Photo by Francis Georgian /PNG
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Like people in many professions a city cannot function without, Vancouver’s teachers have increasingly struggled to rent, let alone own, homes anywhere near the community they serve. Now, that growing problem has prompted their union to wade into real estate development.
On Monday night, trustee Jennifer Reddy opposed the motion. This motion doesn t go far enough to be unequivocally clear that, in fact, school liaison officers, police will be removed from schools. It spends more time delineating what the next steps of working with police in our schools will be, much of which is already covered in our own protocol, said Reddy.
She said the board started to review the SLO program, and trustees had agreed to centre the voices of students, but she pointed out the motion centres the Vancouver Police Department and RCMP in its very next step.
The motion goes on to say that the VSB will continue to work with Vancouver police and RCMP to establish communication protocols to deal with emergencies, lockdowns and violent threats, and determine processes to ask for help with information sessions to deal with gang prevention, restorative justice, stranger danger and internet safety.