Posted: Mar. 26, 2023 3:13PMTents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street, Vancouver, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says there are currently about 117 people living on East Hastings Street, and 70 of them have expressed a desire for housing.
If that’s coming from my tax dollars STOP I can’t afford your junkie no gooder kids and your junkie economy this has to stop I want my tax dollars back for the passed Thirty years. If you need money take it from your pensions
Why bother…Nanaimo has 2 sites with a ton of mobile homes for the homeless, microwaves,beds,TVs, AC,internet all for free and they sold the appliances for drugs, destroyed their rooms, causing fires in their rooms. Just a waste of money and resources
Ship them all to Endako BC. Ship trailers for housing. There is an abandoned school there for use as a community hall. People need to cut wood for heat and fend for themselves. Live as a community. It’s not that hard. I did it.
Won’t make a difference.
It is sad that the tax payers have to house the people afflicted with drug and alcohol abuse issues. This is something that should have been dealt with years ago before getting out of hand. Thank God we are doing something now. 👍👍
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