Carnegie Housing Project and its organizers frequently speak to the media and write articles about the reality of housing needs in the DTES.
Keep scrolling to read a selection of press coverage or jump down to see our news releases and government submissions
Media inquiries can be directed to carnegiehousingproject@gmail.com. Please include your deadline!
How Has the World Cup Affected the Downtown Eastside?
CHP press conference coverage by the Tyee
At a joint press conference at the empty lot at 301 E Hastings St., CHP and other groups and individuals called out the City, Province and Vancouver Coastal Health for their failure to provide housing for an estimated 3,500-plus unhoused people.
Can beloved Vancouver grocer be saved? Community members are searching for options
CHP quoted by Vancouver Sun
Residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and Chinatown areas are trying to come up with ideas for saving a long-time grocer that has been listed for sale.
Vancouver city council backs controversial Downtown Eastside social housing plan
Summary of the DTES rezoning vote by Vancouver Sun
After a marathon session, in which hundreds of people spoke against the plan, council voted along party lines in favour of the plan.
Vancouver's plan to replace Downtown Eastside rooming houses doesn't convince residents
DTES resident quoted by The Canadian Press
His biggest worry about the plan is gentrification and displacement of entrenched members of the community in favour of moneyed interests looking to cash-in on redevelopment opportunities.
‘Wrong direction for a solution’: Vancouver Downtown Eastside groups oppose proposed social housing changes
CHP quoted by Vancouver CityNews
Housing advocates and tenants in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside are pushing back against a rezoning proposal they say will accelerate gentrification and leave low-income residents behind.
FIFA World Cup prep sparks displacement concerns in Downtown Eastside
CHP quoted by the Vancouver Sun
Advocates in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside say they fear that residents will be removed from the neighbourhood as the city prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Vancouver mayor plans freeze on new supportive housing as part of Downtown Eastside revitalization bid
CHP quoted by CBC BC News
Sim's plan to not add any additional supportive housing is going to be "really bad for low-income folks," Jean Swanson said.
Downtown Eastside residents march to raise awareness of housing crisis
CHP quoted by CityNews
“We need thousands of units of social housing — but not just any old social housing,” said Jean Swanson … “Most social housing excludes poor people, because you need to make a certain amount of income.”
Vancouver Spent $550,000 to Evict Hastings Campers
CHP quoted by The Tyee
The number of unhoused people in Vancouver shot up by 16 per cent between 2020 and 2023, meaning there are now 2,420 homeless people in the city, according to the most recent homeless count.
Community groups put forth recommendations to help unhoused people on the DTES
CHP quoted by CityNews
Community groups in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) are putting forward nine recommendations to multiple layers of government in hopes of helping those who are unhoused in Vancouver this winter.
Downtown Eastside groups issue urgent plea for homeless ahead of winter
CHP quoted by Global News
There are 3,100 people of no fixed address in the region, including 2,000 in the Downtown Eastside, but just 1,500 shelter beds.
Carnegie Housing Project news releases and government submissions
2026-07-06 • News Release: DTES community calls on Province to make good on its 2-year-old housing promise
2026-04-16 • Submission to The House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities re: Bill C-20, An Act respecting the establishment of Build Canada Homes
2026-02-04 • News Release: The DTES needs housing, not police!
2025-11-03 • News Release: City considering proposal to gentrify the poorest part of the Downtown Eastside while ignoring homelessness
