A gaggle of housing advocates and Downtown Eastside group members gathered in downtown Vancouver for a “Housing For All” rally.
The rally was organized by the Vancouver Space Community of Drug Customers (VANDU), a non-profit group that works to enhance the lives of these residing within the Downtown Eastside.
The rally demanded motion from all ranges of presidency to handle the housing disaster in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
“The purpose is for us to get help, unfold information and attempt to get dignified housing for everybody,” stated Aero Marion, a VANDU block steward and co-organizer.
“This consists of residents at single-room occupancies (SROs) and tent encampments.”
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“We’ve got crappy SROs that lack fireplace codes, which have had many fires in them over the previous few years,” stated Marion.
“There may be not sufficient correct dignified housing for everybody,” Marion added.
“It’s loopy that individuals are selecting to dwell within the streets over the SROs. It reveals how dangerous they are surely.”
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The rally drew round 100 attendees, together with a neighborhood metropolis councilor.
“I’ve been advocating since 2014 to do one thing in a different way. We have to do non permanent shelter choices or tiny properties. One thing that’s higher than a tent,” stated Pete Fry, a Vancouver Metropolis Councillor.
“We try to construct new housing however these take years to materialize. We should be doing one thing now.”
The rally was held on the eve of recent Vancouver mayor Ken Sim’s inauguration.
A brand new metropolis council has these on the rally hopeful change could occur with a brand new mayor.
The rally was held at Oppenheimer Park and included a march across the Vancouver neighbourhood.
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