As president of the Stadacona Centre Strata Council, representing 105 residential units and 24 commercial stores and restaurants, I was dismayed to see that five Victoria councillors and Mayor Marianne Alto voted down a motion from Coun. Stephen Hammond to provide enhanced security in Victoria neighbourhoods negatively affected by crime and disorder arising from certain park encampments and supportive housing facilities.
I told them how our building caretakers clean up trash in our gardens, including human excrement, needles and crack pipes. I conveyed that our residents feel unsafe when they come home at night and all our residents and businesses have been placed at risk due to fires that have been started in our garbage bins.
In addition to Stadacona Park, Hammond also gave other examples where people told council of their traumatic experiences resulting from living around these areas. While we eagerly await the detailed results of that data, in the meantime we understand from Hammond that 19 such locations made up 24 per cent of all Victoria police calls in 2022.
Unfortunately, the reality is that many encampments have become hubs for violence, crime and negative behaviours, posing a significant threat to both the unhoused individuals and the surrounding community.
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