We still don't know why the city's prosecutor is not pursuing charges against the owner of an illegal rooming house that was the site of a fatal fire in 2010, but Councillor Kerry Jang is offering hope... it won't happen again. "I would ask our staff to look at any other legal option we can to bring this landlord to account." Jang adds the city … [Read more...]
Cleaning up rooming hotels
August 22, 2011 by
A non-profit group has taken the reins of two derelict Downtown Eastside rooming hotels, and a DTES council wants to work with them to make sure everything is smooth sailing. Gordon Wiebe of the Community Builders Group, which operates four other rooming houses, said they’ve started talking to tenants and people in leadership in the Wonder Rooms … [Read more...]
