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Originally Posted by Vin
*Gasp!* Are you then saying that 80% of homeless folks in Vancouver are actually Vancouverites? Gasp! I suppose the myth that most are from outside the city or out-of-province is nothing but a lie. Thanks for sharing the fact that homelessness and addiction are both home-grown problems stemming from our very own broken system.  |
Just read back in this thread. All the information is here. You just failed to understand any of it (as this comment illustrates). In the last census data 43% of the population in the City of Vancouver were born outside Canada. It's pretty certain that a significant majority weren't born in Vancouver. And are you just realizing that our system of having enough housing for everyone is broken? You understand that 'homeless' means 'without a home'? And as rents keep going up, and we have a shortage of low-cost housing, homelessness will get worse, not better.
Your tortured phrase is possibly correct. It's a myth (or a lie) that most homeless are from outside the city or out-of-province before they became homeless (which isn't to say that they weren't born somewhere else).
In Metro Vancouver "70% of those surveyed were in their current community prior to experiencing their current episode of homelessness, dispelling the myth that people become homeless and move to Metro Vancouver for warmer weather or other reasons."
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