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Super scummy. I don't even see anything about helping the residents find an alternative. If they're modular why can't it be moved??
Everyone wants to house them but nobody wants to house them where they live. Vancouver needs to just declare an area for this mess, allocate a chunk of police and social work funding for it, and figure out the best way to use that funding to get people on their feet.
This constant "temporary solution" bullshit is just sending more people onto the streets and making Vancouver less safe for everyone.
These people are not vermin. Social housing should be distributed across the city, like it is in Helsinki, Tokyo, and other successful models, instead of concentrated into a ghetto of "undesirables". Every city that segregates itself like this in the name of "safety" causes problems in the future.