Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
In April 2011, UGM officially opened a new headquarters at 601 East Hastings in Vancouver, marking the largest expansion in its history. The new facility is 70,000 square feet and equipped to provide 92 shelter beds, 37 affordable housing units, extended meal capacity and a live-in drug and alcohol recovery program for men.
In addition, ABC Vancouver have repeatedly stated their intent to decrease permit processing times as additional means to stimulate the development of new, permanent housing. [24] In early April 2023, news outlets began reporting on the City of Vancouver's efforts to bring the East Hastings encampment to a close.
In late October, on a park bench outside his makeshift dwelling, the 38-year-old described life at the homeless encampment where he lives with about a dozen or so others as “depressing”.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The 100-block of East Hastings Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, the heart of that city's "skid road" neighborhood, lies on a historical skid road. [63] The Vancouver Skid Road was part of a complex of such roads in the dense forests surrounding the Hastings Mill and adjacent to the settlement of Granville, Burrard Inlet . [64]
By 2008, half of Vancouver's homeless population had been homeless for over one year, and 90 percent of them were homeless by themselves without a partner, child, dog, or companion of any kind. [10] Homeless youth in Vancouver tend to have lower rates of being alone, and the number of homeless youth for each gender is evenly split. [10]
A homeless encampment sweep is the forced removal of homeless people and their property from a public area. It is a frequently-used strategy to mitigate issues related to homelessness. [ 1 ] Often called "encampment resolutions" or "clean-ups" by local governments, they are alternatively labeled "sweeps" by advocacy groups . [ 2 ]