Vancouver: Evictions for 2010 Olympics

What is affected

	Housing Social/public
	Housing private
	Land Social/public
	Land Private

Type of violation

Forced eviction
Dispossession/confiscation
Privatization of public goods and services

Date

05 June 2007

Region

NA [ North America ]

Country

Canada

Location

Vancouver1

Affected persons

	Total 1050
	Men 0
	Women 0
	Children 0
	Low-income residents, metally ill, residents with addiction issues

Proposed solution

Upgrade current housing, or ensure that alternative housing is available for current residents in the same neighborhood/community in whihc they presently are living.

Details

Fact Sheet - Vancouver.doc
Fact Sheet - Vancouver.doc

Development

Forced eviction

Costs

Privatization of public goods and services

Land Losses

Housing Losses

Water

Sanitation

Energy

Other

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)

	State
	Local
	Interntl org.
	Private party

Brief narrative

The number of actual vicitms is not known. The default method for this VDB involves calculating a housing unit or household to equal five persons. However, that formula is reduced here to 1.5 persons, based on other indiependent information that many of the units are single or double occupancy.

Costs

€ 0

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