“The Pulse” @ Vancouver Co-Op Radio, CRFO 100.5 FM, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter and broadcast in the October 30th, 2020, edition of Folk U Radio.
How can society help folks experiencing homelessness? A new study based in the Lower Mainland shows that one of the solutions can be simple—just give folks direct cash transfers.
Continue reading Direct cash transfers can lift people out of homelessnessBy Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Vancouver city council voted Thursday to spend up to $30 million to buy or lease hotels, apartment buildings and single-room occupancy hotels to quickly provide housing after a spike in homelessness caused by COVID-19 restrictions.
Continue reading Vancouver buying emergency housing for homeless peopleBy Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
People who have been working on the housing file for years in British Columbia are cringing at BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson’s “law and order” framing that connects crime with increasing homelessness.
Continue reading Election 2020: Liberals’ Tough Talk on Homelessness Is Heartless and Uninformed, Say Advocates
This program was funded by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Government of Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative.
The BC Liberals are calling for an immediate end to the tent cities that have sprung up in Campbell River, as well as larger cities like Vancouver and Victoria.
Continue reading Election 2020: What can the government do about tent citiesBy Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The president of a union that represents hundreds of workers in the Downtown Eastside says not enough is being done to inform residents and workers about rising levels of COVID-19 exposure in the neighbourhood.
Continue reading COVID spreading in Vancouver’s downtown eastside
