This year, New West Tenants Union members voted on questions that they wanted answers to from all the candidates running for mayor and city council in the election coming this October.
Their answers, alongside extensive background research on their voting records, platforms, and work history, will be compiled into a printed Renter Report Card evaluating their commitments to protecting and expanding secure and affordable housing.
In just recent years, your fellow renters have organized and won incredible victories at city hall. These include a new tenant assistance policy that guarantees any renter displaced by redevelopment a brand new apartment with no rent increase, a new cooling by-law that takes the first steps to make landlords responsible for cooling apartment buildings, and back in 2019, a renoviction ban that basically stopped bad-faith renovation evictions in New Westminster.
The further the report card is distributed, the more power it has. If you care about these issues, we need to know what you are willing to do to protect and build on these victories in the next term.