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Living in urban communities
Recommendation 18:
Systemic neighbourhood environmental issues
To address safety concerns expressed by interviewees, there are several larger structural solutions such as increasing the number of safe and affordable housing units, access to health-focused treatment, and equitable employment opportunities. One short-term measure could be to install lighting on streets and in alleyways to help people feel safe during evenings and at night.
In the interim, reducing criminalization and stigmatization of community members would alleviate further social divides. Instead, we recommend an approach that allows them to thrive that takes an inclusive approach to housing, employment, social security, and access (services, food, other), which would require cooperative action by all levels of government and stakeholders.
Ultimately, a systems change approach would need to be applied to adequately address the root causes of these issues. As noted in the Resilient Vancouver Phase One Engagement Report (2018), many of these issues are interrelated and solutions need to involve multiple city departments, all levels of government, and other stakeholders.
To address safety concerns expressed by interviewees, there are several larger structural solutions such as increasing the number of safe and affordable housing units, access to health-focused treatment, and equitable employment opportunities. One short-term measure could be to install lighting on streets and in alleyways to help people feel safe during evenings and at night.
In the interim, reducing criminalization and stigmatization of community members would alleviate further social divides. Instead, we recommend an approach that allows them to thrive that takes an inclusive approach to housing, employment, social security, and access (services, food, other), which would require cooperative action by all levels of government and stakeholders.
Ultimately, a systems change approach would need to be applied to adequately address the root causes of these issues. As noted in the Resilient Vancouver Phase One Engagement Report (2018), many of these issues are interrelated and solutions need to involve multiple city departments, all levels of government, and other stakeholders.
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- Accessibility ,
- Accessible services and technology ,
- Alternative solutions ,
- Classism ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Food insecurity ,
- Health ,
- Housing and homelessness ,
- Income insecurity and benefits ,
- Mental health and detention ,
- Policing and the criminal justice system ,
- Poverty ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Public services ,
- Racism ,
- Substance use
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Recommendation 10:
Support traditional businesses in upgrades to physical infrastructure and technology. For example, credit/debit card machines, and takeout delivery services, or similar programs to past beautification grants.
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Recommendation 10:
Support an SRO resident organizer structure to educate, support and liaise between tenants and bylaw and Residential Tenancy Branch.
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Recommendation 2:
Strengthen bylaws and bylaw enforcement, to prevent losing more SROs due to inhabitability and disrepair.
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Recommendation 11:
Streamline/improve processes for permitting & inspection (including language accessibility).
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Recommendation 16:
Stop requiring social housing and shelter/pension-rate housing to be self-sustaining. The concept of self-sufficiency and austerity around affordable housing needs to change otherwise will not be able to get people out of poverty.
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Recommendation 109:
Stop market housing development in the DTES to preserve land for social housing. Once adequate social housing is built, abide by the City of Vancouver’s 1:1 rate of change principle.
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Recommendation 9:
Stop market housing development in the DTES to keep property values low and preserved for social housing until SRO hotels have been replaced with safe, secure, self-contained, resident-controlled, and low income social housing and until no one needs to sleep on the streets or in shelters.
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Recommendation 2:
States should allocate adequate resources to address risk factors and prevent violence before it occurs. Policies and programmes should address immediate risk factors, such as a lack of parent-child attachment, family breakdown, abuse of alcohol or drugs, and access to rearms. In line with the Millennium Development Goals, attention should be focused on economic and social policies that address poverty, gender and other forms of inequality, income gaps, unemployment, urban overcrowding, and other factors which undermine society
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Recommendation 12:
Revisit Downtown Eastside zoning regulations to ensure that they require new developments to include more social housing that low income people can afford.
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