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Originally Posted by Vin
Too much of a coincidence that fires keep destroying small businesses and herirtage buildings? Blame this City/province for converting these into SROs and just leave them to rot: some responsible government there.
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Oh no, don't say you don't know what an SRO is? It's Single Room Occupancy. That means the room is generally too small to share. None of these premises have been converted by anyone - that's the way they have always been. Most of them started out over 100 years ago either as rooming houses or 'hotels', although often people lived in them for extended periods.
Almost none of them have their own bathroom, but share several communal facilities on each floor. That was the same when they were hotels as well. And two of these three were privately owned - so the City and Province really aren't involved with those. 566 Powell was bought by BC Housing a few years ago, but it doesn't seem that the tenants there were forced to move. The Princess Rooms was well run and had a Transitional Housing Program that specialized in providing a safe, supported environment for individuals with a long history of being homeless. Raincity, who own and run it said "It’s a community where people are met where they’re at in order to maintain their housing, and follows a harm reduction/health promotion philosophy."
EDIT - and heritage? No these weren't heritage buildings. just old.
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