B.C.’s housing minister is firing back at Vancouver's mayor after Gregor Robertson called the province's approach to funding downtown emergency shelters "deplorable." Rich Coleman says Robertson's comments are "a bit off the top." He says the province spends more than $ 150 million a year to house people in Vancouver. "And so when I see that … [Read more...]
Coleman on homeless shelter overcrowding
December 3, 2011 by
Calling it "a pretty loose" operation, B.C.’s housing minister says there wouldn't be overcrowding problems at Vancouver's First United shelter if staff barred access to people who already have a home. "You do get people who come down there because of the activities in the facility and the ability to use drugs and those other things... That … [Read more...]
