http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/15536/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/halifax-social-housing-tenants-rally-save-their-ho/34240 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8542_r.jpg" alt="" title="Tenants of Harbour City Homes who have been evicted, rallied at the Central Library, asking Housing Nova Scotia to stop ignoring the loss of affordable housing in the North End. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="675" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8535_r.jpg" alt="" title="Dan Troke, CEO of Housing Nova Scotia, talked with the protesters but made no commitments. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8541_r.jpg" alt="" title="There are subsidies for landlords, but people who have lived in the community for years are ignored,say the protesters. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/halifax-social-housing-tenants-rally-save-their-ho/34240" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/halifax-social-housing-tenants-rally-save-their-ho/34240#comments Robert Devet Housing Poverty Brunswick Street Tenants Association department of community services Housing Nova Scotia Tue, 01 Dec 2015 22:00:24 +0000 Robert DeVet 34240 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/forget-greedy-help-needy/34030 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Protesters want dignity for Nova Scotia&#039;s welfare recipients and working poor </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8407_r.jpg" alt="" title="This year&#039;s International Day for the Elimination of Poverty drew close to a hundred people to the streets of Halifax. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8422_r.jpg" alt="" title="Deborah Key of the Brunswick Street Tenants Association talked about how the crowd was hit hard by North End gentrification. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8417_r.jpg" alt="" title="Among the demonstrators was long-time poverty activist and policy analyst Stella Lord of the Community Society to End Poverty (CSEP). Photo Robert Devet " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p class="western">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) &ndash; People took to streets on Saturday in recognition of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a United Nations-sponsored annual event that in Halifax has been observed for many years now.&lt;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/forget-greedy-help-needy/34030" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/forget-greedy-help-needy/34030#comments Robert Devet Housing Poverty Benefit Reform Action Group Brunswick Street Tenants Association Community Advocates Network ESIA gentrification Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:51:48 +0000 Robert DeVet 34030 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca