Mayor Gregor Robertson created a Blue Ribbon Affordability Task Force to come up with short- and long-term solutions to the high cost of housing in Vancouver. Housing activist Nathan Crompton says that what renters in the city need to do is form a union and get together to organize for cheaper rents in their buildings.

In a related interview, find out about a group of seniors who organized against a rent increase in their building.

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