Housing Supply Act Discussion - Implementation & Outcomes

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by whatnext

This is exactly why Ken Sim is right in refusing more DTES social housing. The suburbs need to start shouldering their part of the problem:

Under former Mayor Corrigan Burnaby had no homeless shelters (and presumably no supportive housing either). Thankfully that's changed. I don't know if it's enough to cover 'our share of the problem' but at least it's a start.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by Sheba

Under former Mayor Corrigan Burnaby had no homeless shelters (and presumably no supportive housing either). Thankfully that's changed. I don't know if it's enough to cover 'our share of the problem' but at least it's a start.

This CBC article from March 2024 has some informative interactive graphs showing shelter spaces and what even distribution would look like. Spoiler, Vancouver has by far the most with New Westminster being the only other municipality to provide more beds than an even distribution would allot.