Tent city crisis pushes Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart to consider temporary site

The dismantling of homeless encampments at Oppenheimer Park and Crab Park this year led to a large encampment at Strathcona Park, which is in a more residential area of East Vancouver. Relocating some campers to a hotel in the downtown core has resulted in growing tensions among some locals, who say they feel unsafe and are uncomfortable with deteriorating neighbourhood conditions, including open drug use by some.

“We’re really seeing an increase in homelessness, tents where we’ve never seen them before, folks sleeping rough and, of course, the growing encampment in Strathcona. I’ve been talking with senior levels of government to see what they might be open to do at this point, but it really seems they need a push from council.”

Ms. Bligh and Councillor Michael Wiebe have drafted their own motion proposing a “hyper-focused” plan that would entail talking to homeless people individually about what they need. “We need to make sure we are stepping up as a city," Mr. Wiebe said. Housing is a provincial responsibility, but “it is our jurisdiction to take care of our residents.”The 2020 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count, conducted over a 24-hour period in March before COVID-19 restrictions were enacted, identified at least 2,095 people experiencing homelessness in the city of Vancouver, according to preliminary numbers.

That report, going to council on Sept. 22, was prompted by the growth of downtown encampments after shelter space for homeless people was reduced because of safety precautions around the pandemic.

Tent Cities and The Ruinous Left go together like ....

With the continued forced business closures by Dr. Henry, this will only get worse. Public Health is supposed to be Public Health for all, somehow, they missed that chapter.

Here’s a better plan: - Redirect the $1million a day being spent on DTES to a temporary high volume detention/detox facility in Chilliwack - Outlaw camping in public spaces going forward

Why would these people no want to camp out in the wilderness?

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