Generation Rent

Join us for a special public storytelling night and panel discussion that will close a year of affordable housing reporting by the Tyee Solutions Society, supported with grant funding from the Real Estate Foundation of BC.

The night will feature image-driven stories by local renters about what they value about their homes. Storytellers will also share what challenges they experience as renters in Vancouver.

Following the renter storytellers' presentations, panelists will provide solutions-oriented responses to the renters' housing challenges.


Confirmed panelists:

• DJ Larkin, housing lawyer, Pivot Legal Society
• Scott Nunn, head organizer, BC Acorn
• Alvin Singh, housing researcher
• Karen Ferguson, director, SFU Urban Studies program

Confirmed storytellers:

• Holly Cruise, Sunset
  
• Joe Thompson, Downtown Eastside
  
• Jocelyn Wagner, West Point Grey
  
• Paul Taylor, Mount Pleasant