[news] DTES Hotel Illegally Boarded Up, Tenants Given 24-hours Notice

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October 2, 2006 | Pivot Newswire

[![American Hotel in Vancouver][1]][2]**American Hotel in Vancouver**Vancouver - Tenants at the Old American Hotel, located at 928 Main Street in Vancouver, were given notice today that they are expected to vacate the lodging house tomorrow. The management of the American began boarding up the building’s windows this afternoon.

The Old American Hotel provides housing to people who can’t afford to live anywhere else," said David Eby, lawyer for Pivot Legal Society. "There were almost 30 tenants in the building, but now there are fewer than ten. The people who haven’t left yet are the most desperate, those that can’t find anywhere else to live."

  


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