SROs
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‘Incredibly long road’: Granville Howard Johnson supportive housing to close next JuneIn June 2020, the province bought the former Howard Johnson for $55 million, to house people who’d been living in encampments, including individuals with serious substance use.PoliticsNov 10, 2025
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Two Atira-run properties in downtown Vancouver to be run by another operatorOperating agreements are set to expire for both Hutchison Rooms on West Pender Street and The Hazelwood on East Hastings Street.PoliticsJan 24, 2024
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‘Worst of community-based housing’: B.C. psychologist slams SRO modelDr. Julian Somers, a distinguished health sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, described the SRO system as "far behind evidence-based standards" for unhoused populations.PoliticsMay 8, 2023
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Proposed class-action lawsuit filed over deadly Winters Hotel fire in Downtown EastsideFormer Winters Hotel resident Jennifer Hansma is identified as the lead plaintiff, according to court documents obtained by Global News.FireApr 11, 2023
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‘They still house people’: Renovated SROs welcomed as part of DTES plan, but advocates call for moreNews of the newly-renovated SRO units for Downtown Eastside residents comes just months before 98 modular units in downtown Vancouver are slated to close.PoliticsMar 29, 2023
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Vancouver council approves plan to improve fire safety in city’s SROsThe proposal comes amid a troubling — and sometimes deadly — increase in fires and fire-related calls in the city's Downtown Eastside.FireJan 31, 2023
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Vancouver Fire and Rescue reveals 504 calls for single SRO hotel in 2022 in deleted tweetVancouver’s new mayor said the tweet was shocking and something city officials didn’t know previously.FireJan 4, 2023
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Downtown Eastside SROs top Heritage Vancouver’s 2022 watch listThe group released its annual watch list of “ten places or themes of interest” and the SRO hotels topped the list.CanadaDec 29, 2022
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Research finds 20,963 Edmonton students dubbed ‘offenders’ through school resource officer programsA pair of Edmonton researchers are raising concerns about a program that places police officers in some city schools, arguing it could be creating a "school-to-prison pipeline."EducationMar 22, 2022
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Vancouver city council approves $30-million emergency COVID-19 housing action planMayor Kennedy Stewart is lauding city council's passage of the $30-million COVID-19 housing action plan to support unsheltered residents.CanadaOct 9, 2020
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