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== | ==Government== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- valign=top | |- valign=top | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''BC Human Rights Tribunal''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/ www.bchrt.bc.ca]<br/> | ||
604 775-2000 <br/> | |||
1-888 440-8844 <br/> | |||
|- valign=top | |- valign=top | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''BC Housing''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" |[http://www.bchousing.org/ www.bchousing.org]<br/> | ||
604-433-1711<br/> | |||
1-866-465-6873<br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.oipc.bc.ca/ http://www.oipc.bc.ca]<br/> | ||
| width="40%" | | 604-879-5111 <br/> | ||
1-866-879-5111<br/> | |||
|- valign=top | |||
| width="40%" | '''Residential Tenancy Branch''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant]<br/> | |||
604-660-2421 <br/> | |||
1-800-665-8779 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Service BC''' | |||
| width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=FD6DB5BA2A5248038EEF54D9F9F37C4D Office Locations]<br/> | |||
604-660-2421 <br/> | |||
1-800-663-7867 <br/> | |||
|} | |} | ||
== | ==Tenant services== | ||
===Lower Mainland=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- valign=top | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''411 Seniors Centre Society (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://411seniors.bc.ca/ 411seniors.bc.ca]<br/> | ||
| width="40%" | | 604-736-2033 <br/> | ||
1-866-884-0888 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Archway Community Services''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.archway.ca/ www.archway.ca]<br/> | |||
604-859-7681 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Access Pro Bono (Vancouver)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.accessprobono.ca/residential-tenancy-program www.accessprobono.ca/residential-tenancy-program]<br/> | |||
604-482-3195 ext. 1500 <br/> | |||
1-877-762-6664 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Ann Davis Transition Society (Chilliwack)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.anndavis.org/ www.anndavis.org]<br/> | |||
604-792-2760 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''BC Human Rights Clinic (Vancouver)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.bchrc.net/ www.bchrc.net]<br/> | |||
604-622-1100 <br/> | |||
1-855-685-6222 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Chimo Community Services (Richmond)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.chimoservices.com/ www.chimoservices.com]<br/> | |||
604-279-7077 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Community Legal Assistance Society (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.clasbc.net/ www.clasbc.net]<br/> | ||
604-685-3425 <br/> | |||
1-888-685-6222 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Cythera Transition House Society (Maple Ridge)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.cythera.ca/ www.cythera.ca]<br/> | |||
604-685-3425 <br/> | |||
1-888-685-6222 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://dewc.ca/ www.dewc.ca]<br/> | ||
604-681-8480 <br/> | |||
== | |- valign="top" | ||
| width="40%" | '''First United Church Vancouver''' | |||
| width="40%" | [https://firstunited.ca/ www.firstunited.ca]<br/> | |||
604-681-8365 <br/> | |||
== | |- valign="top" | ||
| width="40%" | '''Jewish Family Service Agency (Vancouver)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.jfsa.ca/ www.jfsa.ca]<br/> | |||
604-257-5151 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Justice Access Centre (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=5D8A8D56105244199C0DB0B3E41D672A Website]<br/> | ||
604-660-2084 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Justice Access Centre (Victoria)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=C3E4C29EB8834FF498053D03EF3EE205 Website]<br/> | ||
250-356-7012 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Keys: Housing and Health Solutions (Surrey)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | 604-822-5791 <br/> | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Law Students’ Legal Advice Program''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.lslap.bc.ca/ www.lslap.bc.ca]<br/> | ||
604-822-5791 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.comservice.bc.ca/ www.comservice.bc.ca]<br/> | ||
604-467-6911 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.mosaicbc.com/settlement-services/general-support/legal-advocacy MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program]<br/> | ||
604-254-9626 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''North Shore Community Resources''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.nscr.bc.ca/ www.nscr.bc.ca]<br/> | ||
604-985-7138 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''North Shore Multicultural Society''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.nsms.ca/ www.nsms.ca]<br/> | ||
604-988-2931 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Options Community Services Society (Surrey)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.options.bc.ca/ www.options.bc.ca]<br/> | ||
604-584-5811 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''SHARE Family & Community Services (Coquitlam)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://sharesociety.ca/ www.sharesociety.ca]<br/> | ||
604-540-9161 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Seniors Services Society (New Westminster)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://sharesociety.ca/ www.sharesociety.ca]<br/> | ||
604-520-6621 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Sources Newton Resource Centre (Surrey)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.sourcesbc.ca/ www.sourcesbc.ca]<br/> | ||
604-596-2311 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''St. Paul’s Advocacy (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://stpaulsanglican.bc.ca/site1/outreach-2/advocacy-outreach/ Advocacy Office]<br/> | ||
604-683-4287 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.tenants.bc.ca/ www.tenants.bc.ca]<br/> | ||
604-255-0546 <br/> | |||
1-800-665-1185 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''The Kettle (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.thekettle.ca/ www.thekettle.ca]<br/> | ||
604-251-2801 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Vancouver Tenants Union ''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca/ www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca]<br/> | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Wilson Heights United Church (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://www.whuc.net/advocacy-program www.whuc.net/advocacy-program]<br/> | ||
604-325-9944 <br/> | |||
|} | |} | ||
=== | ===Vancouver Island=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Burnside Gorge Community Centre (Victoria)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://burnsidegorge.ca/ www.burnsidegorge.ca]<br/> | ||
| width="40%" | Website: [http:// | 250-388-5251 <br/> | ||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Nanaimo Citizens Advocacy Association''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://nanaimocaa.com/ www.nanaimocaa.com]<br/> | |||
250-753-2321 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Port Alberni - Port Alberni Friendship Center''' | |||
| width="40%" | [https://www.pafriendshipcenter.com/welcome-port-alberni-friendship-center Website]<br/> | |||
250-723-8281 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Ready to Rent (Victoria)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.readytorentbc.org/ www.readytorentbc.org]<br/> | |||
250-388-7171 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Together Against Poverty Society (Victoria)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.tapsbc.ca/ www.tapsbc.ca]<br/> | |||
250-361-3521 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''University of British Columbia Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (Vancouver)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.allard.ubc.ca/iclc/indigenous-community-legal-clinic Website]<br/> | ||
604-684-7334 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''University of Victoria Law Centre''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre/ www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre]<br/> | ||
250-385-1221 <br/> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Victoria Native Friendship Centre''' | ||
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www.vnfc.ca/ www.vnfc.ca]<br/> | |||
| width="40%" | Website: [http://www. | 250-384-3211 <br/> | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Wachiay Friendship Centre (Courtenay)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.wachiay.org/ www.wachiay.org]<br/> | ||
| width="40%" | http:// | 250-338-7793 <br/> | ||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''West Coast Community Resources (Ucluelet)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://wccrs.ca/ www.wccrs.ca]<br/> | |||
250-726-2343 <br/> | |||
1-877-726-2080 <br/> | |||
|} | |} | ||
=== | ===Other Parts of BC=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Active Support Against Poverty (Prince George)''' | |||
| width="40%" | 250-563-5531 <br> | |||
1-877-563-6112 | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Bella Coola / Mid-Coast Legal Advocacy Program''' | |||
| width="40%" | [https://www.facebook.com/BCLegalAdvocates/ www.facebook.com/BCLegalAdvocates]<br/> | |||
250-799-0044 <br> | |||
1-877-499-0044 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Cariboo Friendship Society (Williams Lake)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.cariboofriendshipsociety.ca/ www.cariboofriendshipsociety.ca]<br/> | ||
250-398-6831 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Columbia / Kootenay Advocacy and Education Resource Society''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://ckaers.wikifoundry.com/ www.ckaers.wikifoundry.com]<br/> | ||
250-837-4779 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Community Connections (Revelstoke)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.community-connections.ca/ www.community-connections.ca]<br/> | ||
250-837-2920 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Elizabeth Fry Society (Kamloops)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://www.kamloopsefry.com/ www.kamloopsefry.com]<br/> | ||
250-374-2119 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Fort St. John Women's Resource Society''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://www.fsjwrs.ca/ www.fsjwrs.ca]<br/> | ||
250-787-1121 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Living Positive Resource Centre (Kelowna)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.lprc.ca/ www.lprc.ca]<br/> | ||
| width="40%" | | 778-753-5830 <br> | ||
| | |- valign="top" | ||
| width="40%" | '''New Horizon Centre (Port Alberni)''' | |||
= | | width="40%" | [http://portalberni.cmha.bc.ca/ www.portalberni.cmha.bc.ca]<br/> | ||
250-724-7137 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Nicola Valley Advocacy Centre (Merritt)''' | |||
| width="40%" | 250-378-9632 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''North Cariboo Metis Association (Quesnel)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | 250-992-9722 <br> | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Northern Rockies Aboriginal Women Society (Fort Nelson)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://www.nraws.org/ www.nraws.org]<br/> | ||
250-233-8920 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Okanagan Advocacy and Resource Society (Kelowna)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | 250-979-0201 <br> | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Opportunities Advocacy Services (Campbell River)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | 250-286-3436 <br> | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Penticton & Area Access Society''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://accesscentre.org/ www.accesscentre.org]<br/> | ||
250-493-6822 <br> | |||
1-866-493-6822 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Penticton & District Manufactured Home Owners Association''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.pdmhoa.ca/ www.pdmhoa.ca]<br/> | ||
250-498-0145 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Powell River Community Resource Centre''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.prcrc.org/ www.prcrc.org]<br/> | ||
604-485-0992 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Prince George Native Friendship Centre''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://pgnfc.com/ www.pgnfc.com]<br/> | ||
250-564-3568 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Shelter and Street Help Line''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.bc211.ca/help-lines/ www.bc211.ca/help-lines]<br/> | |||
2-1-1 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Sunshine Coast Unemployment Action Centre (Gibsons)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sunshine-Coast-Unemployment-Action-Centre Website]<br/> | ||
604-741-0776 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Terrace and District Community Services Society''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.tdcss.ca/ www.tdcss.ca]<br/> | ||
250-635-3178 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''The Advocacy Centre (Nelson)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://advocacycentre.org/ www.advocacycentre.org]<br/> | ||
250-352-5777 <br> | |||
1-877-352-5777 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Thompson Rivers University Community Legal Clinic (Kamloops)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.tru.ca/law/students/outreach/Legal_Clinic.html Website]<br/> | ||
778-471-8490 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Traveling Poverty Law Advocate Program (Cranbrook)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://tap.ccscranbrook.ca/ www.tap.ccscranbrook.ca]<br/> | ||
250-426-2976 <br> | |||
1-877-298-2211 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Unemployed Action Centre Society (Prince Rupert)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | 250-627-8776 <br> | ||
==Legal | |- valign="top" | ||
| width="40%" | '''Upper Skeena Counselling & Legal Assistance Society (Hazelton)''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.usclas.com/ www.usclas.com]<br/> | |||
250-842-5218 <br> | |||
1-877-842-5218 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |||
| width="40%" | '''Vancouver MPA Society''' | |||
| width="40%" | [http://www.mpa-society.org/ www.mpa-society.org]<br/> | |||
604-482-3700 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Vernon & District Women's Centre Society''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | 250 542-3555 <br> | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Vernon Women's Transition House Society''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://vwts.ca/ www.vwts.ca]<br/> | ||
250-542-1122 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Women's Contact Society (Williams Lake)''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.womenscontact.org/ www.womenscontact.org]<br/> | ||
250-392-4118 <br> | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''YMCA Munroe House Vancouver''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [https://ywcavan.org/programs/affordable-housing Website]<br/> | ||
604-895-5800 <br> | |||
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| width=" | | width="40%" | '''Clicklaw''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca www.clicklaw.bc.ca] | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| width=" | | width="40%" | '''PovNet''' | ||
| width="40%" | | | width="40%" | [http://www.povnet.org/ www.povnet.org] | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:12, 17 September 2020
This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre, 2018. |
Government
BC Human Rights Tribunal | www.bchrt.bc.ca 604 775-2000 |
BC Housing | www.bchousing.org 604-433-1711 |
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC | http://www.oipc.bc.ca 604-879-5111 |
Residential Tenancy Branch | www.gov.bc.ca/landlordtenant 604-660-2421 |
Service BC | Office Locations 604-660-2421 |
Tenant services
Lower Mainland
411 Seniors Centre Society (Vancouver) | 411seniors.bc.ca 604-736-2033 |
Archway Community Services | www.archway.ca 604-859-7681 |
Access Pro Bono (Vancouver) | www.accessprobono.ca/residential-tenancy-program 604-482-3195 ext. 1500 |
Ann Davis Transition Society (Chilliwack) | www.anndavis.org 604-792-2760 |
BC Human Rights Clinic (Vancouver) | www.bchrc.net 604-622-1100 |
Chimo Community Services (Richmond) | www.chimoservices.com 604-279-7077 |
Community Legal Assistance Society (Vancouver) | www.clasbc.net 604-685-3425 |
Cythera Transition House Society (Maple Ridge) | www.cythera.ca 604-685-3425 |
Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (Vancouver) | www.dewc.ca 604-681-8480 |
First United Church Vancouver | www.firstunited.ca 604-681-8365 |
Jewish Family Service Agency (Vancouver) | www.jfsa.ca 604-257-5151 |
Justice Access Centre (Vancouver) | Website 604-660-2084 |
Justice Access Centre (Victoria) | Website 250-356-7012 |
Keys: Housing and Health Solutions (Surrey) | 604-822-5791
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Law Students’ Legal Advice Program | www.lslap.bc.ca 604-822-5791 |
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services | www.comservice.bc.ca 604-467-6911 |
MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program (Vancouver) | MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program 604-254-9626 |
North Shore Community Resources | www.nscr.bc.ca 604-985-7138 |
North Shore Multicultural Society | www.nsms.ca 604-988-2931 |
Options Community Services Society (Surrey) | www.options.bc.ca 604-584-5811 |
SHARE Family & Community Services (Coquitlam) | www.sharesociety.ca 604-540-9161 |
Seniors Services Society (New Westminster) | www.sharesociety.ca 604-520-6621 |
Sources Newton Resource Centre (Surrey) | www.sourcesbc.ca 604-596-2311 |
St. Paul’s Advocacy (Vancouver) | Advocacy Office 604-683-4287 |
Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (Vancouver) | www.tenants.bc.ca 604-255-0546 |
The Kettle (Vancouver) | www.thekettle.ca 604-251-2801 |
Vancouver Tenants Union | www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca
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Wilson Heights United Church (Vancouver) | www.whuc.net/advocacy-program 604-325-9944 |
Vancouver Island
Burnside Gorge Community Centre (Victoria) | www.burnsidegorge.ca 250-388-5251 |
Nanaimo Citizens Advocacy Association | www.nanaimocaa.com 250-753-2321 |
Port Alberni - Port Alberni Friendship Center | Website 250-723-8281 |
Ready to Rent (Victoria) | www.readytorentbc.org 250-388-7171 |
Together Against Poverty Society (Victoria) | www.tapsbc.ca 250-361-3521 |
University of British Columbia Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (Vancouver) | Website 604-684-7334 |
University of Victoria Law Centre | www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre 250-385-1221 |
Victoria Native Friendship Centre | Website: www.vnfc.ca 250-384-3211 |
Wachiay Friendship Centre (Courtenay) | www.wachiay.org 250-338-7793 |
West Coast Community Resources (Ucluelet) | www.wccrs.ca 250-726-2343 |
Other Parts of BC
Active Support Against Poverty (Prince George) | 250-563-5531 1-877-563-6112 |
Bella Coola / Mid-Coast Legal Advocacy Program | www.facebook.com/BCLegalAdvocates 250-799-0044 |
Cariboo Friendship Society (Williams Lake) | www.cariboofriendshipsociety.ca 250-398-6831 |
Columbia / Kootenay Advocacy and Education Resource Society | www.ckaers.wikifoundry.com 250-837-4779 |
Community Connections (Revelstoke) | www.community-connections.ca 250-837-2920 |
Elizabeth Fry Society (Kamloops) | www.kamloopsefry.com 250-374-2119 |
Fort St. John Women's Resource Society | www.fsjwrs.ca 250-787-1121 |
Living Positive Resource Centre (Kelowna) | www.lprc.ca 778-753-5830 |
New Horizon Centre (Port Alberni) | www.portalberni.cmha.bc.ca 250-724-7137 |
Nicola Valley Advocacy Centre (Merritt) | 250-378-9632
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North Cariboo Metis Association (Quesnel) | 250-992-9722
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Northern Rockies Aboriginal Women Society (Fort Nelson) | www.nraws.org 250-233-8920 |
Okanagan Advocacy and Resource Society (Kelowna) | 250-979-0201
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Opportunities Advocacy Services (Campbell River) | 250-286-3436
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Penticton & Area Access Society | www.accesscentre.org 250-493-6822 |
Penticton & District Manufactured Home Owners Association | www.pdmhoa.ca 250-498-0145 |
Powell River Community Resource Centre | www.prcrc.org 604-485-0992 |
Prince George Native Friendship Centre | www.pgnfc.com 250-564-3568 |
Shelter and Street Help Line | www.bc211.ca/help-lines 2-1-1 |
Sunshine Coast Unemployment Action Centre (Gibsons) | Website 604-741-0776 |
Terrace and District Community Services Society | www.tdcss.ca 250-635-3178 |
The Advocacy Centre (Nelson) | www.advocacycentre.org 250-352-5777 |
Thompson Rivers University Community Legal Clinic (Kamloops) | Website 778-471-8490 |
Traveling Poverty Law Advocate Program (Cranbrook) | www.tap.ccscranbrook.ca 250-426-2976 |
Unemployed Action Centre Society (Prince Rupert) | 250-627-8776
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Upper Skeena Counselling & Legal Assistance Society (Hazelton) | www.usclas.com 250-842-5218 |
Vancouver MPA Society | www.mpa-society.org 604-482-3700 |
Vernon & District Women's Centre Society | 250 542-3555 |
Vernon Women's Transition House Society | www.vwts.ca 250-542-1122 |
Women's Contact Society (Williams Lake) | www.womenscontact.org 250-392-4118 |
YMCA Munroe House Vancouver | Website 604-895-5800 |
Online resources
Clicklaw | www.clicklaw.bc.ca |
PovNet | www.povnet.org |
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