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Originally Posted by rofina
Fence off 1/2 acre in the flats.
One building in the center - washrooms and showers. Very plain, concrete construction. say 10 showers and 15 washrooms.
But with that, we need follow through on enforcement too - no more random camps, and no more random tents. Everyone needs to set up here.
Have cops pick people up and drop them off if that's what it takes to facilitate.
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This is not expressing an opinion in support or opposed to the idea. There were 614 people living on the street in Vancouver
in 2019. It's probably more now. That might require more than half an acre, especially if you're adding other buildings and facilities. I'm sure the Health Authority wouldn't be happy with hundreds of people on a cramped site.
I'm not aware that the City, or the Province, owns much vacant land in the Flats. It's almost all owned by private companies and the Railways. Almost everything the City owns is developed and in use, either by tenants or as a City facility. The exception is a site on Main Street to the south of the first temporary modular housing building. SoleFood recently moved their orchard from there, and I was guessing the site might get a couple more of the modular projects. It would be a very visible site to create a tent city, and I can't see the Southeast False Creek residents being very happy, but if jamming everyone together onto a vacant site is the idea - that's pretty much all that's available.
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