Draft:Aïssa Aggoune
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Aïssa Aggoune | |
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| Occupation(s) | Advocate and Social Activist |
| Website | www |
Aïssa Aggoune is an advocate and a social justice activist,
On April 25 2025, Aissa Aggoune won a hearing where he was representing several tenants in a building owned by the multi-billionaire Lalji Family and their corporation, Larco Investments Ltd.[1]
Aïssa Aggoune, a self-taught advocate, 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] As an advocate, Aïssa Aggoune has represented more than 500 tenants during their hearings in Vancouver, BC.[4][5][6]
While he was an active member of the Vancouver Tenants Union, Aïssa Aggoune has organized numerous buildings in the West End of Vancouver, BC. He had been appointed as the French media liaison for the Vancouver Tenant Union and gave numerous media interviews as an advocates for a resolution to the housing crisis and homelessness in BC. [7][8][9]
As an advocate, Aggoune has appeared at hearings to defend tenants in financial difficulties; helped vulnerable tenants in the community by educating them about their rights[10] and taught tenants how to organize door-knocking campaigns. He has trained community leaders on subjects including building solidarity and fighting for their rights. [11]
On August 8 2022, Aïssa Aggoune gave a TV interview on the French CBC,[7] exposing the BC housing scandal and the Shayne Ramsay conflict of interest reports in the handling of the 2 billion dollars budget.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Fumano, Dan (April 25, 2025). "After nine years of 'steady' neglect, Vancouver tenants win legal battle with landlord at West End building". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ City of Vancouver (April 2025); Report to Council, Standing Committee of Council on City Finance and Services https://council.vancouver.ca/20250416/documents/cfsc20250416min_.pdf
- ^ Junos, Kier (October 18, 2024). "West End apartment tenants raise alarm on air quality concerns". City News. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ Gold, Kerry (5 August 2022). "Tenants feel squeeze of special upgrades levy". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ Furmano, Dan (August 29, 2024). "Vancouver apartment tenants sue landlords over poor air quality | Vancouver Sun". Vancouver Sun.
- ^ Little, Simon (August 29, 2024). "Decade of bad air? B.C. tenants sue, claiming HVAC never repaired - BC | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Winton, Moira (October 15, 2023). "Inspection reports detail years-long battle to fix fire violations in scorched Vancouver apartment building". CBC. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société- (August 3, 2023). "Logements à louer : si des annonces sont trop belles pour être vraies, évitez-les". Radio-Canada.
- ^ "Neighbourhood Chapters". Vancouver Tenants Union.
- ^ "Working Groups". Vancouver Tenants Union.
- ^ Mackin, Bob (June 29, 2023). "NDP government rejects request to release information on BC Housing investigation". Business in Vancouver.