Surrey Tent City

• Former tent city residents accuse Surrey of a ‘war on the poor’

  The nearby Surrey Urban Mission confirmed to Global News that shelters in the area are full.

  Dec 2, 2019
  
• 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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• ‘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