235 search results for
Housing and homelessness
Recommendation 5:
Reduce social inequities women face that make them at risk for experiencing homelessness by creating a specific government support program for women experiencing violence.
- The provision of CERB during the COVID-19 pandemic has broadened the possibilities of governmental economic support to a targeted population.
- As a result of the pandemic, there is currently a policy window for initiatives to support those who experience violence.
- There is a call for increased financial support to those who experience violence from the Final Report of the British Columbia Expert Panel on Basic Income (Green et al., 2020).
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Recommendation 134:
Redirect growing municipal, provincial, and federal police and prison budgets towards solutions that increase safety for Indigenous women such as more housing, child care, income, healthcare, mental health and addictions services, and healing supports.
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Recommendation 2:
Redesign the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER) program to reflect the current reality of the B.C. rental market and ensure yearly rent increases are recognized.
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Recommendation 36:
Recognize the right to housing at the provincial government level and declare BC a “rights-based” province.
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Recommendation 18:
Recognize the right to housing at the local government level and making it a “rights-based city” like the City of Montreal.
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Recommendation 39:
Rather than just stating in the National Housing Strategy a goal of reducing chronic homelessness by 50% over the next decade, provide funds to build enough social housing to end homelessness now.
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Recommendation 19:
Raise welfare to the Federal government’s Market Basket Measure (about $1,665 a month for a single person in 2016).
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Recommendation 22:
Raise minimum wage to at least $15 an hour with regular increases after that up to a Living Wage (about $19.50/hour in Vancouver).
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Recommendation 1:
Pursuant to section 56(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the City of Vancouver should apply to the federal Minister of Health for an exemption that applies to all people in the City of Vancouver against section 4(1) of the CDSA, on the basis that it is necessary for a medical or scientific purpose or is otherwise in the public interest.
In order to address the totality of overdose deaths in Vancouver, the exemption should apply broadly in terms of population, geography, and drug. The exemption should apply:
Support for a broad exemption is also provided by the extent of contamination in Vancouver’s street drug supply. In 2018, approximately 88% of tested street drug samples marketed as opioids tested positive for fentanyl. Fentanyl was found in samples believed to be depressants and stimulants alike. Street drugs themselves are constantly changing, and a static narcotic schedule (like the CDSA) is bound to be eclipsed by the reality of new compounds being formulated and used over time. Decriminalizing the possession of some drugs and not others, or some people and not others, would be arbitrary and illogical during a time when the risks are extreme for anyone who relies on an (ever-evolving) street market, however infrequently.
In order to address the totality of overdose deaths in Vancouver, the exemption should apply broadly in terms of population, geography, and drug. The exemption should apply:
- To any person who possesses drugs for personal use while in Vancouver and;
- In all instances meeting the offence criteria for simple possession, regardless of the substance in question.
Support for a broad exemption is also provided by the extent of contamination in Vancouver’s street drug supply. In 2018, approximately 88% of tested street drug samples marketed as opioids tested positive for fentanyl. Fentanyl was found in samples believed to be depressants and stimulants alike. Street drugs themselves are constantly changing, and a static narcotic schedule (like the CDSA) is bound to be eclipsed by the reality of new compounds being formulated and used over time. Decriminalizing the possession of some drugs and not others, or some people and not others, would be arbitrary and illogical during a time when the risks are extreme for anyone who relies on an (ever-evolving) street market, however infrequently.
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Recommendation 11:
Provincial policy and resources to prevent and end youth homelessness; inter-ministry coordination and community collaboration to prevent and end youth homelessness; and end youth homelessness and ensure immediate responses to youth at risk of homelessness.
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