On April 16th, the Richmond Poverty Response Committee held a landlord dialogue on topics related to affordable housing and secondary suites. The event was a huge success with over  30 participants. The room was evenly split between current landlords, and homeowners who are thinking about creating a secondary suite. We had informative presentations and displays ...
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On April 16th, join us for a conversation circle about creating and renting secondary suites in your home. It’s part of a new housing initiative, “Richmond Rental Connect”, sponsored by the Richmond Poverty Response Committee. We want to build a program that helps alleviate Richmond’s housing crunch while helping homeowners diversify their income. You can ...
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April 5, 2012 – 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm – The April meeting of Richmond PRC will focus on the Rental Connect project, with a specific focus on our kickoff event for landlords.

March 1, 2012 – 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm – This meeting will feature an update on Rental Connect a new PRC project to provide a web based rental directory of affordable rental in Richmond. There are lots of ways to become involved in this project, find out how you skills and interests can be put to work for the benefit of our community. There will also be updates on a Living Wage Campaign for Richmond.

As always an RSVP is appreciated: info@richmondprc.org

February 2, 2012 – 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm – RPRC has signed on in support of the Living Wage Campaign and we are starting the new year with an update from Michael McCarthy Flynn. Plan to be at our meeting. Guests are welcome – bring friends and colleagues. The Living Wage for Families Campaign aims to address the impact of low wages by educating the public and decision makers in Metro Vancouver as to the value of paying a living wage and encouraging employers both public and private to become Living Wage Employers.

The next meeting of the Richmond Poverty Response Committee AND the Affordable Housing Task Force is:
Wednesday January 19th
4:30pm – 7pm
Richmond Caring Place room 320
A portion of the meeting will be devoted to each committee – details to follow.
Seasons Greetings!

Thank you to those who have already responded to our survey about services for the poor in Richmond. Note: this includes services for which some subsidies or free participation is available.
Your input is important to us, so if you have not already had a chance to fill out the survey, please take a few minutes ...
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To Richmond community agencies, service groups and faith community:
The Richmond Poverty Response Committee has been actively working to reduce the effects of poverty in our community since 2001.
Poverty reduction is increasingly proposed as a complement and at times an alternative to poverty alleviation, which focuses on making the conditions of poverty less severe e.g. food ...
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