Vancouver mayor plans freeze on new supportive housing as part of Downtown Eastside revitalization bid
A plan to put a freeze on new supportive housing units in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is drawing criticism from those who ...
The Georgia Straight9y
City set to approve first Downtown Eastside tower with 60-percent social-housing requirement
In a telephone interview, he maintained that what is needed to secure housing for low-income people in Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside is nothing less than 100 percent of any new building ...
Downtown Eastside business leader 'shocked' at mayor's plan to freeze supportive housing
Landon Hoyt, executive director of Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association, says he didn't expect Mayor Ken Sim to ...
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How cannabis is helping Downtown Eastside residents get off hard drugs
Jen Nelson is known as the cannabis angel of the Downtown Eastside. She regularly roams through the area, gifting people with ...
B.C. housing minister says Vancouver's plan for Downtown Eastside could increase crime
B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's new plan for the Downtown Eastside will make the community ...
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Downtown Eastside at 'tipping point' as London Drugs considers leaving Woodward's building
What happens at Woodward’s affects the whole of the nearby Downtown Eastside, which starts just over one block away. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Thursday in a speech to a community safety forum ...
Details slim after Vancouver mayor vows gang crackdown in Downtown Eastside
Key questions remain about the proposal -- including how much it will cost and how the project would differ from the work already being performed by the VPD's own gang unit.
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Dylan Sidoo and Sidoo Family Giving Launch Transformative Downtown Eastside Initiative
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dylan Sidoo, in partnership with the Sidoo Family Giving Foundation, has ...
Vancouver to transform Downtown Eastside by pausing supportive housing, cracking down on crime
In what Ken Sim called a pivotal moment in the city's approach to addressing addiction, crime and housing challenges in the DTES, he outlined three proposed policy shifts.