New accommodations are part of an effort to dismantle the sprawling encampment in the neighbourhood
The B.C. government has pledged to open hundreds more units of short-term housing for people living on the streets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
“These are short-term spaces; we are working very closely with the City of Vancouver to build longer-term, affordable housing for people,” he said. “The goal is for people to get into shelters, then get into supportive housing or in some cases complex-care housing and then, once they’ve got that stability, to get them into either affordable rental units or market rental.”
“These challenges, to state the obvious, are real and significant. They are bigger than just Vancouver; they impact our entire region. And, I want to be very clear, despite all the great things that are going on, these challenges will not be solved overnight.” Of 10 people living on East Hastings who spoke with The Globe and Mail on Sunday, two said they had been offered housing and all said they have recently and repeatedly had belongings thrown away by city workers, with no opportunity to retrieve them.
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