Vancouver Homelessness

• Plexiglass, PPE and pie: UGM serves up 2,000 Easter meals with a pandemic twist

  It's the second year in a row the charity has been forced to adapt its annual Easter meal to pandemic conditions.

  Canada

  Apr 3
• Homeless tent quickly cleared from sidewalk in front of Vancouver mayor’s apartment

  The City said its staff was told the campers had been paid to set up in that location, a claim the campers deny.

  Politics

  Mar 8
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• City of Vancouver buys Days Inn hotel to house homeless people

  Mayor Kennedy Stewart said a partnership with the provincial government will provide wraparound services for residents.

  Politics

  Mar 1
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• Minister sets April target to end Vancouver’s Strathcona Park homeless camp

  David Eby says BC Housing is working towards finding housing for the estimated 200 camp residents, but acknowledged a good portion of that would be "transitional" in nature.

  Jan 15
• Vancouver mayor calls for $30 million in emergency funds for homeless amid COVID-19

  Council approved a motion on Sept. 14 directing city staff to explore several options from permanent housing to managed encampments on vacant land.

  Politics

  Oct 6, 2020
• Should Vancouver emulate San Diego’s response to the crisis of homelessness?

  "To just say let them sleep in a park or let them sleep on city sidewalks, I think that's a bit of a cop out," said Charles Gauthier with the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association.

  Dec 9, 2019
• City of Vancouver extends warming centre operations amid cold snap

  The City of Vancouver has extended the hours of its warming centres amid a spell of cold weather.

  Weather

  Dec 5, 2018
• For 2 years, he’s lived in a motor home, now parked in an East Vancouver yard. Then someone reported it

  Now he could be out of a home in three days' time.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2018
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• Just one-third of ‘social housing’ at 58 West Hastings Street to be guaranteed at welfare rates

  Gregor Robertson in 2016: "We’re going to be putting pressure on the B.C. and federal government to commit to making sure that all of those rooms can be a shelter welfare rates.”

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2018
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• City of Vancouver opens warming shelters at 3 community centres

  Three community centres across Vancouver have opened their doors as temperatures and wind chill drop below -5 degrees Celsius.

  Dec 20, 2017