The Labour Statesman
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alternative: [The Labor Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-02-06
issued: 1967-02
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/labours/items/1.0439666/source.json
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note: WHAT NOW, LITTLE MAN? . I K __^_M \ _U w __K" -■■,..- — &*** * ^^_H w^r ... AN IMAGE DISSECTED HOUSING TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR MANY I —See Page 4 JOHN HESTON In the tug-o'-war between municipalities, provi n c i a 1 and federal authorities it is the average family in British Columbia that doesn't know where to find a decent place. Too much has been promised the low income citizen. Not enough subsidized housing has been built to accommodate him. Too little concern and action have created a stupendous backlog of apartments and houses. After many years of inactivity, Vancouver has built four major subsidized housing projects. Others are in the building stage, more are planned and could be constructed. After the municipality — Vancouver — stopped dragging its feet because even the city's free-enterprise mayors couldn't close their eyes to the need for public housing, after the federal government approved the projects and the money, it's the provincial government that is sitting on the treasury. Nothing moves. Meanwhile hundreds- of families in the lower mainland are* getting desperater The poor among them live in ratholes and pigsties. The middle-income group ot families pay too much rent they cannot afford for miserable flats, New arrivals in our province search frantically for a place to live and wind up — if they have children — in apartment pro jects that soak them for $150 to $200 and more. PRESSING NEED Every municipal, provincial or federal department concerned with housing, health and welfare knows the pressing need for housing. When one government withholds its funds, the housing shortage deteriorates. The financial setup for building subsidized housing is fairly simple — in theory. But in practice the wheels of government grind too slowly. Organized labour has always demanded action. In a recent radio talk, the secretary-treasurer of the B.C. Federation of Labour, Ray Haynes, said: "Housing is a matter of great concern to the members of labour unions and to or…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0439666
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : B.C. Federation of Labour ; Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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