i just wanted to let everyone know about what's going on in surrey, british columbia, and the absolute lack of tenant protections.
surrey is the fastest growing neighborhood in the metro vancouver area, maybe even the whole province, and not enough people know about how awful the bylaws around renting are. the standards of maintenance bylaws (minimum standards a building must be kept at in order to operate) legally only require a landlord to provide heat, hot water, electricity, and a working elevator (if applicable), and NOTHING ELSE!! nothing about maintenance or repairs having to be done, nothing about janitorial services in a building, and nothing about pests or even mold ffs. it's crazy and in a lot of cases, people don't even have heat or a working elevator.
thousands of people move to surrey every week, many of them being students and immigrants, and they're all being taken advantage of by the city. $1700+ a month for a 1bed with black mold, rats, bedbugs, no heat, cockroaches, leaky pipes, a landlord that literally bullies you, the list goes on.
i'm with an org called ACORN, it's a multi-issue community union across canada, and here in BC we're campaigning to get the city to review and do a complete re-write of the standards of maintenance bylaws. people are ending up with long term health issues and more stress than anyone should ever have to deal with, all in the middle of a massive housing crisis and global pandemic. with all of this being said, my ask is that the lovely folks of r/antiwork sign the petition and share it with your friends and get them to sign it to. unless you're in surrey and want to get involved, it's the only way we can connect and engage with people from across the province and country, and tell them about whats going on.
here is the link to the petition -> https://acorncanada.org/take_action/stand-surrey-housing/
pls sign and share if able — thank u <33