Surrey Homeless Camp

• Murder charge laid in death of man found at Surrey, B.C., homeless camp

  Carlos Robles Palafox, 40, was found dead in a wooded area known as "The Sanctuary" near King George Boulevard and 128 Street.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2020
  
• Surrey tent city residents accuse city of forcing them out with no time to gather belongings

  "You can't expect someone to just come in and remove everything from five years worth of living here in, what, less than 12 hours? It's crap, it's not right."

  Nov 23, 2019
  
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• Residents of Surrey tent city resist displacement: ‘We have nowhere else to go’

  "This is our home, it’s our sanctuary, and we won’t let them take it from us.”

  Jul 9, 2019
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• Moving day resistance from people not wanting to leave Surrey’s ‘Whalley Strip’

  About 170 people who have called 135a Street home will be offered temporary housing either in the form of provincially-funded modular homes -- that are ready for move in -- or shelter beds at a local shelter, based on assessed need. 

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2018
• It’s moving day on Surrey’s ‘Whalley Strip’ as the homeless head to modular units

  There are approximately 80 tents on the Whalley Strip and roughly 140 campers.

  News

  Jun 19, 2018
• ‘Whalley Strip’ can be cleaned up in 6 months with modular housing, ‘tough love’: councillor

  "I made comments earlier saying there would be some tough love. I certainly stand by those comments."

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2017
• Surrey should buy land on Whalley Strip and build a homeless shelter: business owner

  "I believe there's money in the city coffers to buy up a block and turn it into some kind of semi-respectable not quite homeless shelter."

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2017
• Surrey mayor says province needs to move faster on modular housing after tent city video goes viral

  "I'm worried that all those folks that are homeless on the streets right now, they are going to remain there throughout the winter, and I just think that's unacceptable."

  Nov 28, 2017
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• Facebook video of growing homeless camp in Surrey goes viral

  The City of Surrey is facing renewed scrutiny over low income  housing after a video posted to Facebook has gone viral.

  Nov 28, 2017