BC Housing finally flattens the last of 45 buildings at the Little Mountain Housing Project this week. The demolition took place on Tuesday December 16, 2014.
Karin Nicholetti, the last tenant to move out, payed her respects.
The last 3 Tenants had fought for and won a 5 year demolition reprieve. BC Housing attempted two times, in 2009 and 2012 to evict them.
The redevelopment of Little Mountain has been a failure. So much so that BC Housing is now taking a new approach: they intend to sell all their social housing assets to non profit organizations. This new intiative (as always with out any public consultation) will transform the housing portfolio from government responsibility to charity work. Such a profound change deserves some sober second thought. The first housing project to be sold will be Stamps Place.
When I shot this scene I assumed it would be the end of my film. I was wrong. Rich Coleman, the Minister of Housing was to cut the ribbon on the first new building in the spring of 2015. I will shoot that meeting, and my final words with the Minister before I begin to edit the film.
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David Vaisbord
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