Fw: meeting tonight

[Adrian House]

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Stephen Butler

To: Adrian House

Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4:48 PM

Subject: Re: meeting tonight

To add to the list of organizations involved in affordable housing and relevant issues, I'm pretty sure The Wiseman Centre in St. John's is applicable.

 

- Stephen Butler

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Adrian House <adria...@nl.rogers.com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

 

We had the first meeting for St. John's Citizens for Affordable Housing last week, and will meet again tonight, here at 29 Young St.  I've attached the minutes below from last week.  Hope to see you!

Adrian

 

STCAH – Tues Nov 21, 6:30PM

 

...others have ideas, info and details to add to these minutes

-Jim will set up a blog on occupynl.ca site for info to be posted (resource of articles, gov't & NGO reports, public announcements etc.);

-internal group planning discussions will stay on stcah google group

 

In attendance: Adrian, Jim, Joey, Nicole, Katie, Aida  (and guest with housing activism experience in Ontario who wishes to only be in the background and send us helpful info and ideas)

 

Next Meeting: TUESDAY NOV 29, 5:30pm, 29 Young St.

 

-first meeting today

-in media already: Telegram “99% Film Fest” Nov 21

 

-most of the meeting was general brainstorming and sharing of information, details to be hashed out later

           

*Dec 17 Action in front of City Hall involving lanterns (with housing facts on them)

            -details to be hashed out next meeting (tues nov 29)

            -taken to Occupynl GA after that

 

Two Mandates set out:

            *Establishing Rent Controls                      

            *Development of more affordable housing

                       

RENT CONTROLS

-learn more about the rest of Canada

*Possible political demands

            -“rent stabilization” legislation may not be best focus on its own

                        -human rights legislation

                        -anti-discrimination legislation (landlords being picky)

                        -rights of tenants

-raise awareness about these laws and use them as well in advocating for rent controls

            -rent controls should include what landlords can do after they evict someone – rent control by unit, not tenant.

            -keep on top of court cases

 

DEVELOPING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

*No new rental housing built in 20 years in SJ (compared to Halifax—700+ built this year)

-City claims to be doing this, but how do they define “affordable”?

                      -look up city strategy on this issue

                      -redefine “affordable”

 

Nicole was at City's housing conference today: City of SJ Affordable Housing Forum

            -industry perspective

            -video made after last year's conference: What is Home?

            -details...           

 

 

What groups work on similar issues in our area? (Start compiling list and learning about their work)

            -NL Housing Corporation: helping renters to own

            -NL Housing and Homelessness Network

            -Choices for Youth

            -Stella Bury

            -Habitat for Humanity

            -St. Anthony's ?... help with loans

            - “Channel” 1 Co-op house in Mt. Pearl

 

*Target City or Province ? – different focus and tactics

 

*Related Issue – Minimum wage

 

*Possibly organize a Housing Forum of our own in the new year, with community partners

*Short housing workshop on a Sat or Tues at Harbourside in Dec

 

*start compiling profiles of those in need of housing

 

 

 

 

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