Draft:Aïssa Aggoune

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Aïssa Aggoune
OccupationSocial activist

Aïssa Aggoune is an advocate and a Canadian tenants' rights activist. Aïssa Aggoune has represented more than 500 tenants as an advocate during their hearings in Vancouver, BC. As part of his efforts to reduce the impact of the housing crisis[1], Aissa Aggoune met with the Minister of Housing David Eby twice.[2]

Activism[edit]

As a member of the Steering Committee[3][4] of the Vancouver Tenants Union, Aïssa Aggoune has organized numerous buildings in the West End of Vancouver, BC. He has been appointed as the French media liaison for the Vancouver Tenant Union, giving numerous interviews in the media[5] advocating for a resolution to the housing crisis and homelessness in BC.[6][7][8]

His work includes:

  • Appearing at hearings to defend tenants in financial difficulties[9][10]
  • Helping vulnerable tenants in the community by educating them on their rights[11]
  • Teaching tenants how to organize themselves including door knocking campaigns, identifying and training leaders in the community to build solidarity and fight for their rights[12]

On August 8 2022, Aïssa Aggoune gave a TV interview on the French CBC,[13] exposing the BC housing scandal and the Shayne Ramsay conflict of interest reports in the handling of the 2 billion dollars budget.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A bumpy real estate market will rattle renters too". July 22, 2022 – via www.theglobeandmail.com.
  2. ^ "Réforme sur les rénovictions : « un pas dans la bonne direction »". ici.radio-canada.ca.
  3. ^ "About". Vancouver Tenants Union.
  4. ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société (3 August 2023). "Logements à louer : si des annonces sont trop belles pour être vraies, évitez-les | Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Radio Canada.
  5. ^ "aissa aggoune radio canada - Recherche Google". www.google.ca.
  6. ^ Radio-Canada, Médias numériques de (8 August 2022). "Épisode du lundi 8 août 2022 | Le téléjournal Colombie-Britannique". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French).
  7. ^ "Logement : l'envoi d'avis d'expulsion pourrait se faire par courriel". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French).
  8. ^ "Réforme sur les rénovictions : « un pas dans la bonne direction »". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French).
  9. ^ "Tenants feel squeeze of special upgrades levy". The Globe and Mail. 5 August 2022.
  10. ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tenant-advocates-call-for-increased-fire-code-enforcement-1.6994757
  11. ^ "Neighbourhood Chapters". Vancouver Tenants Union.
  12. ^ "Working Groups". Vancouver Tenants Union.
  13. ^ Radio-Canada, Médias numériques de (8 August 2022). "Épisode du lundi 8 août 2022 | Le téléjournal Colombie-Britannique". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French).
  14. ^ "NDP government rejects request to release information on BC Housing investigation". Business in Vancouver.