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VANCOUVER – Residents forced to leave a homeless encampment in Vancouver will be able to return this week after the city finishes cleaning up the site.
The City of Vancouver says in a news release that citizens will be required to return to the designated Crab Park domain starting Thursday, after crews remove more than 90,000 kilograms of debris and materials, 20 propane tanks and six generators.
The city says it has obviously marked each nine-square-meter shelter site for each of the 27 citizens who moved in and placed new gravel there to drain and avoid muddy conditions.
The city announced plans to remove structures and empty the domain last month, raising fitness and protection considerations that forced citizens to temporarily relocate to the park’s domain.
The release says BC Housing’s investment goes toward new tents and canopies, as well as awnings and materials for some non-unusual domains, such as a domain for the garage and food preparation, a garage for donations and a collection space.
The city’s resolution to make the encampment transparent was met with resistance from advocates who called on the government not to destroy any structures and to allow the park’s citizens to lead the cleanup themselves.
The Crab Park camp began in 2021 and remained in place a year later when a camp was established in BC. A Supreme Court judge struck down the eviction notices, in part because the city didn’t have enough indoor housing spaces to accommodate others living in tents.
This report via The Canadian Press was first published on April 3, 2024.
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