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Mainland/Southwest
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 171:
Start all Indigenous women prisoners at a minimum-security level and remove the requirement to automatically incarcerate Indigenous women in a maximum security facility for the first two years of a murder sentence.
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Recommendation 125:
Social workers must increase communication with families about what is being investigated, clear timelines and goals, and file status.
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Recommendation 195:
Social workers in hospitals need to ensure wrap-around support, including financial, housing, and social support, before discharging Indigenous women from hospitals.
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Recommendation 197:
Security guards and all emergency room healthcare providers and staff must receive mandatory training in cultural sensitivity, mental health, and de-escalation.
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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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Recommendation 64:
Restructure the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, including:
- Bringing back individual caseworkers and timely individualized assistance.
- Ensuring there are computers and Ministry support staff at every Ministry office for the purpose of helping applicants.
- Modifying the online application for income assistance so that it is not mandatory to create an email address and BCelD.
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Recommendation 82:
Restore the coverage and enforcement of employment standards at the Employment Standards Branch including effective proactive investigations and enforcement for wage theft and other employment violations, and providing benefits such as paid sick leave to all workers.
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Recommendation 6:
Restore minimum unit size to 320 sq. ft. so people have a home that feels permanent.
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