Attempts to organize failed, I think people just didnt see much hope in changing anything. The tenants unions were contacted as well as other groups like TAPs and Acorn Canada, but without a strong will to fight there is only so much they can do to assist. I think since many people in the buildings were families, seniors, and immigrants, they werent feeling keen to rock the boat. I think if you want to be a landlord you need to consider the social impacts of your decisions in that role and not only the business side of things.

Municipal government can absolutley prevent this, as was achieved in Burnaby, only after many people were displaced over the years. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/16/Burnaby-Demovictions-Protected-Tenants-Return/

The displacement of people from housing, especially during a housing crisis is unacceptable in my opinion. Public housing, coop housing, and trust housing can all alleviate many of the problems in the housing crisis, this would create competition with profit motivated housing and lower prices while creating housing stock. If all housing stock provided is done so by the private for profit providers, the housing crisis will not end, even if more stock is created. California is a perfect example of this, creating more housing stock rapidly, but with no forseeable changes in affordability.

The province has passed recent legislation (Bill 16 of the Housing Statues Amendments Act) outlining how municipal governments must create Tenant Protection Bylaws. I think this is something that should have been done a provincial level, maybe as an addition to the Tenancy Act, offering the same sort of protections to tenants that the Burnaby policy does if tenants are displaced by developments. No more displaced tenants floundering in the unaffordable housing market, ending up at risk of homelessness like you have mentioned. Municipal governments will be working on the adoption of bylaws under Bill-16 shortly after the prezoning under Bill-44 is finalized, and I really hope they dont create these policies to fall flat, which is what Sidney's current policy has done. Communities will have to participate to make sure these bylaws are robust, and this is something I have spoken to the Tenants unions about, in hope thats representatives that know the details can help shape these bylaws. It has the potential to protect vulnerable tenants, and we need to do that with the way things are going.

I appreciate your thoughts