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Aïssa Aggoune | |
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| Occupation(s) | Advocate and Social Activist |
| Website | www |
Aïssa Aggoune is an advocate, and activist fighting for social justice. On April 25 2025, Aissa Aggoune won a hearing where he was representing several tenants in a building owned by the multibillionaire Lalji Family and Larco Investments Ltd.[1]
Aïssa Aggoune was facing two lawyers from Clark Wilson LLP and the case inspired the Vancouver City Council to present a motion to amend the by-laws based on the Cardero Case. The motion was voted on and approved unanimously on April 16 2025.[2] Aggoune also organized the tenants and set them up for a class action lawsuit against Larco Investments Ltd while meeting with a number of politicians, including MLA and now elected BC Minister Spencer Chandra, to shed light on those systemic issues during the last election.[3][4] As an advocate, Aïssa Aggoune has represented more than 500 tenants during their hearings in Vancouver, BC.[5]
As an active member 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[6][7][8] in the media advocating for a resolution to the housing crisis and homelessness in BC.
His work includes:
- Appearing at hearings to defend tenants in financial difficulties
- Helping vulnerable tenants in the community by educating them on their rights[9]
- 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[10]
On August 8 2022, Aïssa Aggoune gave a TV interview on the French CBC,[6] exposing the BC housing scandal and the Shayne Ramsay conflict of interest reports in the handling of the 2 billion dollars budget.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "After nine years of 'steady' neglect, Vancouver tenants win legal battle with landlord at West End building".
- ^ https://council.vancouver.ca/20250416/documents/cfsc20250416min_.pdf
- ^ Junos, Kier (October 18, 2024). "West End apartment tenants raise alarm on air quality concerns".
- ^ "MLA: Spencer Chandra Herbert | Legislative Assembly of BC". www.leg.bc.ca.
- ^ "Tenants feel squeeze of special upgrades levy". The Globe and Mail. 5 August 2022.
- ^ a b Radio-Canada, Médias numériques de (8 August 2022). "Épisode du lundi 8 août 2022 | Le téléjournal Colombie-Britannique". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French).
- ^ "Logement : l'envoi d'avis d'expulsion pourrait se faire par courriel". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French).
- ^ "Réforme sur les rénovictions : « un pas dans la bonne direction »". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French).
- ^ "Neighbourhood Chapters". Vancouver Tenants Union.
- ^ "Working Groups". Vancouver Tenants Union.
- ^ "NDP government rejects request to release information on BC Housing investigation". Business in Vancouver.