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For over 20 years, Allen has spent her career working in housing development in the province. From for-profit condominiums and multi-family homes to non-profit and later public housing growth through her decade-plus at BC Housing, Allen says she is dedicated to seeing every Vancouver resident living in a home they can afford. <\/p>\n
She is also a founding board member of Hogan\u2019s Alley Society<\/a>, named after the predominantly Black neighbourhood<\/a> in Vancouver that was bulldozed and replaced by the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts in the late 1960s.<\/p>\n Allen focused her 2019 master of urban studies graduation project<\/a> at Simon Fraser University on how past and present urban planning led to the displacement of the city\u2019s Black residents. The award-winning research project<\/a> also examined how the city\u2019s current planned redevelopment of the area could help achieve redress and justice for the Black community through affordable housing mechanisms like a community land trust. <\/p>\n But before the Coalition of Progressive Electors, better known as COPE, approached her to run as mayor in this fall\u2019s municipal election, Allen never wanted to be a politician. <\/p>\n \u201cIt was never in my cards. I just didn’t really feel a connection to that,\u201d Allen told The Tyee in early June when we met for an interview at East Van Roasters in the Downtown Eastside. <\/p>\n \u201cBut what they wanted was someone to work with a party in a moment that needs and demands political courage. I think they recognize that we can\u2019t depoliticize the moment we\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n Allen moved to Vancouver from Kelowna in 2010. She was at a point in her career where she wanted a change from working in for-profit companies to working for non-profit and public housing developments. <\/p>\n \u201cI really wanted to be in a big city with a lot of diverse people and cultures,\u201d she said, adding that included a more diverse social scene.<\/p>\n Despite the 2010 Winter Olympics having an accelerating impact<\/a> on Vancouver\u2019s real estate and rental markets, Allen was lucky enough to find a one-bedroom apartment in Kitsilano in a pet-friendly building for just $1,100. <\/p>\n It\u2019s an opportunity the mayoral candidate knows few in Vancouver have anymore \u2014 a reality she is hoping to start down the path towards changing, should she and the COPE councillor slate win enough votes this October election. <\/p>\n
Heading into the civic election this fall, Allen is facing a crowded field on the left side of the political spectrum. William Azaroff, who also had a career in social housing development, is running for mayor<\/a> with the centre-left OneCity party. Pete Fry, a longtime Green councillor with likely the highest name recognition heading into the election, has also decided to run for mayor<\/a>. The three parties are in ongoing negotiations to try to avoid splitting the left-wing vote.<\/p>\n Also throwing their hats in race are Colleen Hardwick with TEAM<\/a>, Kareem Allam with the Vancouver Liberals<\/a> and Rebecca Bligh with Vote Vancouver<\/a>. And sitting Mayor Ken Sim is expected to run for re-election with ABC Vancouver, which holds a narrow majority on council presently. <\/p>\n When we sat down for the interview at East Van Roasters, a social enterprise run by Atira Women\u2019s Resource Society that trained low-income community members in coffee roasting, chocolate making and barista skills, Allen broke some sad news. The caf\u00e9 providing valuable work skills, a reliable paycheque and reasonably priced lattes in the city\u2019s poorest neighbourhood would close its doors for good before the end of June.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not as though the need for entry-level, skill-building jobs has disappeared from Vancouver. Rather, East Van Roasters\u2019 impending closure was another sign for Allen that the city isn\u2019t going in the right direction under the current ABC-majority council and mayor. <\/p>\n \u201cOne of the most exciting things about this moment, winning with a COPE slate and [potentially] becoming mayor, is that we take the power we are given and give it back to people,\u201d Allen said. <\/p>\n \u201cI come from a people<\/a> that have had a long tradition and history of demanding power for people. And this to me is this incredible opportunity to give power back to people.\u201d<\/p>\n The following interview has been edited for clarity and length.<\/p>\n The Tyee: Everyone has a story of what kind of city Vancouver is. What kind of city is Vancouver to you?<\/p>\n Stephanie Allen: When I think about what the city is now, for younger people, people coming to the city to build a life, contribute and achieve things, we\u2019re seeing that opportunity dry up and almost disappear. There\u2019s these incredible, hard and tragic stories here. Also, there is this radical hope and commitment to making it better. <\/p>\n The city for me is also a place where I fell in love; I met my partner here. It\u2019s a place where my mother spent her last years with us. It holds a lot of love for me. And it also holds this increasingly difficult challenge of making it a city where people feel like they are loved and taken care of. <\/p>\n Why are you running for mayor?<\/p>\n Because I deeply care about people, and I can see what is happening when systems and institutions are poorly managed. The impact it has on people\u2019s lives, truly. What I bring to the table is a combination of wanting the city to win, and also understanding that good governance and a really effective management of governance is what it takes to help us to get there. <\/p>\n I want every community to win. I know that\u2019s really complicated. But what I have found, and the success stories that inspire me, are always when people\u2019s voices are brought to the table. We hear from the range of perspectives on matters, and a path is charted forward, considering everyone.<\/p>\n Why run with COPE?<\/p>\n It\u2019s important that we don’t have another mayor and council that gives us fake smiles, pandering, without actually delivering on what they\u2019re saying they\u2019re doing. There\u2019s a dissonance and a complete disconnect with the words and our experiences. We need to stand for justice, for decency, for affordability for people. <\/p>\n COPE is a party that rocks the boat, and they know that I’m one, too. And we\u2019ll do that if we need to, to make the changes happen. We know that none of the gains we\u2019ve experienced as a society, whether it\u2019s human rights, fair treatment or shared prosperity, have been won without fighting for it. So it\u2019s our duty now to be good ancestors, recognizing the people that did that for us, and that we\u2019ve got to do that for the next generation.<\/p>\n What sets you apart from the other mayoral candidates?<\/p>\n My track record. I really do have a deep and lasting care about people. And I\u2019m unflinching when I describe what a system is doing, and the root causes. It\u2019s very convenient to ignore the root causes of things that are driving us into greater and greater anger, greater and greater polarization. Especially if you can capitalize on it. <\/p>\n Right now with the collection of experiences I\u2019ve had working across the entirety of the housing system, I take an entire-systems look at things. We won\u2019t change the system in four years. We won\u2019t even fully change the system in our lifetimes. But we have to set that North Star and walk with truth telling towards it. And make sure that people are included. I want to decrease polarization in this city. I want to see us mend fences, find where our shared values are and build from there. <\/p>\n Where do you think COPE sits on the city\u2019s political spectrum?<\/p>\n They\u2019re the most left, perhaps, on our current political spectrum. Particularly when we\u2019re seeing a creep right now in who we used to consider left-leaning or centre-left political parties. Whether that\u2019s locally, provincially or federally. <\/p>\n How do you respond to the criticism that because there are so many mayoral candidates right now, the vote will be split and Ken Sim will be re-elected?<\/p>\n I\u2019m really encouraged by the unity agreement<\/a> that COPE helped negotiate among the three progressive parties: the Greens, OneCity and COPE. It agreed that each party would identify and run a candidate for mayor over the summer. And there would be a series of metrics they would evaluate on who might be the best person to put everyone\u2019s energy behind, when it comes time. <\/p>\n That is a sincere negotiation. In the meantime, we\u2019re going to put forward our platform. We\u2019re going to talk to voters, we\u2019re going to be COPE, as COPE has always been. And we\u2019ll see how that resonates with folks. <\/p>\n If there\u2019s a clear winner, we all have to agree that we\u2019re going to get behind who is the clear winner. And make sure that they have a path to success. Absolutely.<\/p>\n Do you feel confident that there will be an agreement between the parties on who should step down?<\/p>\n I do. We\u2019re just so all laser focused on making sure we don’t have another ABC majority. I think we\u2019ll get there. <\/p>\n How should the city deal with Vancouver\u2019s housing and homelessness crisis?<\/p>\n The housing issue is understandable, knowable and solvable. The solutions are absolutely knowable. However, I don\u2019t think we\u2019re seeing the kinds of movement towards those solutions that are necessary. We have to put the public back in housing. I\u2019m really discouraged to see the City of Vancouver use public land for market housing<\/a>. <\/p>\n It\u2019s going to take significant public investment, significant use of city assets and a determination to make sure we have housing across the income spectrum. The city has a property endowment fund<\/a> that is worth around $6 billion. The city also has an affordable housing endowment fund<\/a> that\u2019s worth about $2 billion. Both of those are significant leverage when negotiating with the senior levels of government for the kind of investments that we need to really deliver a substantial amount of housing. <\/p>\n We\u2019re starting to look at numbers that we could lever with the public assets we have. [With] the other levels of government, working with the non-profit sector, co-op sector and developers that are keen to contribute to this, we could deliver 20,000 units of housing.<\/p>\n Do you have a timeline estimate?<\/p>\n It’s not just the city delivering it. But we can look at the enabling power of the land assets we have and the financial opportunities to leverage those assets. It\u2019s also bringing back inclusionary zoning, which this administration has cut<\/a>. That was a very valuable source of below-market housing. I know at least two people I\u2019ve met in the last while that both moved into below-market homes in these market buildings. That\u2019s super important. <\/p>\n It\u2019s not doing things like vast swaths of upzoning without negotiations. It\u2019s taking the recommendations from the auditor that found the real estate department left millions on the table<\/a> \u2014 money that would have gone directly into delivering cultural amenities, community amenities and affordable housing. <\/p>\n Why do you think past councils have not leveraged the city\u2019s endowment funds and other assets?<\/p>\n I think it\u2019s regarded as quite sacred and quite protected. Listen, it is important for our city to have assets. But I think we also see a lack of either understanding or a lack of care. The political will is not materializing to address affordability in the city in a meaningful way. <\/p>\n And as a matter of fact, we\u2019ve just lost so much ground. Particularly on things like tenant protections or protecting the affordable housing that exists already. It\u2019s out of all of those buckets where we see the opportunity to lever 20,000 units.<\/p>\n And the inclusionary zoning, would you keep it at 20 per cent of units set aside for low-income tenants or would that percentage change?<\/p>\n We\u2019ve got to dig into the pro formas and see exactly what developers are making and what\u2019s feasible. We\u2019re not trying to put folks out of business, and we want to encourage, especially small builders in our town that have great local connections. So, yes, that\u2019s at least the minimum. But I think it requires bird-dogging these financial analyses that developers are using to make these projects, instead of just relying on minimums that they\u2019re willing to do. <\/p>\n What is your ideal housing form or forms for the city?<\/p>\n I like a leafy green neighbourhood, but I know not everybody does. Some people do love the feeling of being in a tower and having more expansive views. That\u2019s why we need a better community-led planning process. Every bun has its cheese, right? Not everybody is going to be interested in the same thing. <\/p>\n The most important thing is cutting through the divide that has happened between the yeses and the noes of backyards. This has become such a flashpoint that we have stopped listening to one another. We\u2019ve got to get back to community-led work, community engagement and recognizing our underlying values.<\/p>\n
How should the city address our mental health and toxic drug crises?<\/p>\n These policies are deciding whether people live or die right now, whether they recover or whether they relapse. At BC Housing, I was advocating for day spaces for people that are on the street. They can get rest, respite, it could reduce the street activity that was affecting businesses and residences. It was supported by a lot of different organizations. But the city took a very sharp turn towards enforcement instead of care, when Ken Sim became mayor. <\/p>\n When people are ready to recover, they need some place to go then, instead of a wait-list. When they go through recovery, they need housing that will support recovery and not be preyed upon by dealers. That\u2019s super critical. <\/p>\n Those of us that are not living these realities are suffering a significant moral injury every time we have to shut down our empathy and compassion. It\u2019s not good for us mentally, spiritually. It\u2019s not good for the collective soul of the city. <\/p>\n We have to demonstrate we care about people. We have to take care of them by meeting them where they are and making sure the resources for them to get well are abundant, available. And not continue to make them the villain, which is what\u2019s being done politically.<\/p>\n Speaking of criminalization, there’s been a lot of emphasis on crime and safety in the election campaign. But reported violent crime rates are going down<\/a>. How would you address people’s public safety concerns?<\/p>\n We have to recognize that policing is not the best way to deal with poverty or mental illness. The police budgets are decided by the province<\/a>. So at a minimum we need improved transparency and accountability under how funds are being spent and what those impacts are returning to us as a collective. When it comes to poverty, let\u2019s address poverty. And when it comes to people surviving, let\u2019s address that as a separate matter. <\/p>\n I recognize these levels of street crime have become the political football. But what I\u2019m also most interested in is to see our justice system address gender-based violence. The powerful who have been preying on women and children in our communities. That is one of the best investments we can make as a society, and in the long-term health of our communities. There\u2019s often this terminology around public safety that might obscure these private crimes that are having these public impacts.<\/p>\n You mean what we\u2019re talking about is crimes that we see on the streets, versus what\u2019s happening in people\u2019s homes?<\/p>\n Right. And for the majority of people I met in encampments in Oppenheimer<\/a> and Strathcona<\/a> in 2020 and 2021, a lot of stories of childhood trauma, a lot of stories of foster care, a lot of stories of abuse. These are the results of those crimes not being addressed, prevented or dealt with.<\/p>\n Speaking of the police, they make up a fifth of Vancouver\u2019s budget. How would you respond to what seems to be their annual request for more money?<\/p>\n When council voted to freeze<\/a> the budget, Jean Swanson of COPE stood up for that. And then years later we have hundreds of millions spent on overtime and military-level equipment, and how much safer are we? Yes, crime rates are dropping. But were those the reasons? Were there other reasons? We\u2019re not clear. <\/p>\n We do need greater accountability. We can open the books and look for efficiencies in this budget. If the city is losing our ability to change police budgets, we need to make the people who are making these decisions accountable for property tax increases. It\u2019s a bit of a shell game, because the city is taking the heat for budget increases. But they\u2019re being imposed upon by higher levels of government. <\/p>\n It\u2019s about engaging the public, about recognizing what works and what doesn\u2019t. And addressing where crime is occurring, from the street level, caused by the mental health and addictions crisis. And then really let\u2019s turn resources into protecting women and children in our communities [who] are not showing up enough in the conversation.<\/p>\n COPE was shut out in the last municipal election in 2022. But then the party came back in a big way during the 2025 byelection. What does that tell you about what Vancouver voters want right now?<\/p>\n Vancouver voters are attracted to people that are keeping it real, without the bamboozle. They responded so well<\/a> to COPE because of the track record of the party. Because of Sean Orr\u2019s unflinching commitment to that. We\u2019re seeing people disengage with business as usual and really want people that tell them the truth. Even if the truth is hard. How do you fix something if you\u2019re not willing to speak about it in terms that are honest and without politically misleading interpretations? <\/p>\n And people are getting more educated, as well. Social media has been such an important opportunity for people to hear directly from impacted communities. And independent media. Other sources that people are getting their information from, that may not have the same political influence as corporate media.<\/p>\n You spoke earlier about your time at BC Housing. You were there when the scandal with Atira Women\u2019s Resource Society<\/a> happened. Why should Vancouverites put their trust in you?<\/p>\n The scandal that happened at BC Housing named certain people. I was not one of the people that was named, but I was in leadership at the time. And I recognize how that can erode trust in institutions. <\/p>\n My track record at BC Housing and the departments that I was in charge of were much more on the ground with community. [That] allowed me to work very closely and build my relationships and demonstrate what I stood for. <\/p>\n I led two decampments for BC Housing in Oppenheimer Park in 2020 and then 2021 in Strathcona. I led the research into the heat dome deaths about how social housing was impacted and what preventions needed to be in place. I led BC Housing\u2019s inaugural reconciliation strategy by fully empowering the voices of our Indigenous housing partners and First Nations we worked with. I led the initiation of our accessibility strategy by working directly with community. <\/p>\n I recognize that BC Housing as a legacy organization comes with a lot of pros and a lot of cons for folks. But where I have made relationships, demonstrated my integrity and been singularly focused on the impacts and the outcomes to people\u2019s lives, I feel really confident and good about that, moving forward into this campaign. And happy to put my record out there. <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n Colleen Hardwick Is Running for Mayor Again<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tread more <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Without really speaking to that investigation<\/a>, which I didn\u2019t even participate in, it was a forensic audit, so they had all of my documents. But I wasn\u2019t even there.<\/p>\n What\u2019s your hopeful big picture for Vancouver? And how do you pay for it?<\/p>\n The three areas for us: making the city affordable, protecting tenants and renters, and re-establishing community-led participatory processes that bring people to the table. We [want to] implement opportunities for people to have great world-class public services and infrastructure. Like libraries that are open and accessible seven days a week. [We want to] implement programs for grocery stores throwing out food. We can divert those into food programs, into schools for kids on a broader basis. <\/p>\n It\u2019s OK to pay property taxes. We pay the lowest of any major city in Canada. And I think most people are happy to pay property taxes to have good public services and to make sure that we are taking care of everyone in the city. <\/p>\n But we can also do participatory budgeting. There are great ways to bring community-led planning into the budgeting process. Not everything can be done at once. But making sure that people have a hand in how it\u2019s going, and therefore are supportive. The biggest win will be to be having public hearings with no one showing up, because most people are in agreement. <\/p>\n Are you a homeowner or a renter?<\/p>\n My husband and I bought our first condo recently with family help. <\/p>\n How would you run an annual budget process as compared to the most recent one last fall?<\/p>\n Not having 600 people show up<\/a> to say \u201cThis is not right\u201d and then ignore it<\/a>. Participatory budgeting is critical to bring communities into this process. And make sure that we are spending where it has impact, spending where there is need, and that people feel their voices are included in decision-making. <\/p>\n Big organizations do this anyway. We ask everyone what’s happening in their departments and what’s needed. There’s prioritization, that’s another element of participation. But [we need to recognize] that cutting people completely out of the process has really had a massive impact on public trust.<\/p>\n What do you make of the perception that COPE doesn’t have a serious economic plan for the city that would include the business and industrial sectors?<\/p>\n We care so much about a local economy. It’s critical to make sure that local businesses, local artists can not only afford to open and sustain their business \u2014 hello, look where we’re sitting \u2014 but also that their rents are affordable. The real estate speculation is impacting commercial real estate, as well. <\/p>\n There’s a significant opportunity in the city’s property endowment, which owns a lot of these assets, to invite organizations that support local business development, like the Community Impact Real Estate Society<\/a>. That support local job creation, that are contributing to our local economy. <\/p>\n Where there are big corporations that we know are also important to the city as far as jobs and economic development, we just want to make sure that they’re also good citizens of our city, that they’re contributing. We don’t want to see capital or private equity that just wants to squeeze this city. They have to be contributors. It’s not optional.<\/p>\n Vancouver used to boast of becoming the greenest city. But we lost a lot over the last four years: the city\u2019s sustainability department was dismantled, requirements for gas stations and parking lots to have EV chargers were eliminated, funding for energy retrofit programs was cut. How would you address these cuts and further the city’s climate change preparations?<\/p>\n We not only want to reverse those things, but we also want to go further and build on them. We also want to make sure that we’re not pitting money saving or cost against climate. That is one of the ways that those who profit from the continuance of emissions unchecked are benefiting from this kind of trade-off between what’s affordable and what’s for the climate. <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n Kareem Allam Wants to Be Vancouver\u2019s Next Mayor<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tread more <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n We want to see incentivizing a change in behaviour. That’s a great way to get better adoption. Talking to senior levels of government about the political will to drive the expansion of infrastructure necessary to transition to a green economy. Making it an end-user cost all the time is not always the best thing. When you build a bridge, you don’t make the last person that drove over it pay the cost. It’s a public investment. <\/p>\n How would you approach a relationship with both the urban Indigenous community and the three host nations: x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8k\u02b7\u0259y\u0313\u0259m (Musqueam), S\u1e35wx\u0331w\u00fa7mesh (Squamish) and s\u0259lilw\u0259ta\u026c (Tsleil-Waututh)?<\/p>\n We’re in this really horrible moment where stale-minded bigotry is making a comeback in our public discourse. It’s undermining relationships with First Nations and urban Indigenous populations. It’s critical for the City of Vancouver not to backslide on human rights or on nation-to-nation relationships. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a very important, significant document. <\/p>\n The duty to consult is not an option. It comes from the Charter, from our courts<\/a>. We have to stand up for what’s right. That means partnership with First Nations and respecting their right to self-determination and sovereignty. Being a partner and advocate with urban Indigenous groups we know are overrepresented in low-income, homeless populations, populations that are still feeling the impacts of colonization. And we should really take the time to continue telling the truth. <\/p>\n The city is also where we can continue the education for our communities. And invite people to process the discomfort without using that as an opportunity to lash out at people. For the people whose ancestors fled to this country, they were given an invitation to escape what they were experiencing. But still to do the bidding of the powerful. So in that deal of getting access to stolen wealth, they had to still continue to side with people who they had themselves faced oppression with. Folks have called it the poison handshake. <\/p>\n We have to recognize that we have shared enemies and shared sources of our pains. <\/p>\n You’ve worked with a lot of different communities in this city. What has that taught you about navigating conflict and finding a path forward?<\/p>\n We have to embrace healthy conflict. Healthy conflict is: we both look at the issue and we share what we disagree about. We may have to accept we’ll never agree on certain aspects. But let\u2019s find the values underneath that we are both interested in. It\u2019s very hard to find someone that says, \u201cI don\u2019t believe in safety for me and my neighborhood.\u201d \u201cI don’t believe in having an affordable life.\u201d When we find our values, we can build from there. <\/p>\n When people’s values are \u201cI would like the chance to exploit people for my personal profit,\u201d I\u2019m sorry, we won\u2019t be working with you. You deserve to be put out of the village until you can find your senses and recognize that we actually need all of us to thrive, for all of us to thrive.<\/p>\n Vancouver is facing the possibility of losing the Whitecaps<\/a>. And also the possibility of gaining a Major League Baseball team<\/a>. What’s your position on keeping or inviting major sports franchises, and their associated costs, to Vancouver?<\/p>\n It\u2019s interesting to see the mayor veer into some of these conversations that are not about civic governance. <\/p>\n It\u2019s really great to have the kind of recreation that brings families out and enjoy sport and enjoy spectatorship. It\u2019s wonderful for our communities to have these things. <\/p>\n I also recognize that private businesses make private decisions. Where the city may have opportunities to improve facilities and make sure facilities allow local sports and community groups to stay and thrive, and for our communities to get out and enjoy those, I think that\u2019s an area of important city governance. Especially working closely with our parks board. <\/p>\n However, it\u2019s really important for a mayor to focus on things like affordability, tenant protections and improving democracy.<\/p>\n If you were elected mayor, and COPE councillors are also elected, would you require they vote the way that you vote?<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n Vancouver Greens\u2019 Pete Fry Is Running for Mayor<\/p>\n
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