Outreach workers call the deadline to ban sheltering in four city parks 'unrealistic' and are worried will lead to sweeps.
Posted: Jul. 14, 2023 5:28PMThree weeks after setting deadlines to ban overnight sheltering in four Victoria parks, the city still hasn’t hired the housing coordinator who is supposed to get people into homes.
The grandmother now calls Topaz Park home and says she hasn’t seen any city effort to get people out of parks and into homes.On June 21, the city of Victoriain Topaz, Hollywood, and Regatta Park with the goal of having everyone out by Sept. 1. For people living in Stadacona Park, the deadline is Nov. 1.
“Their expectations are unrealistic. You’re not going to get people into housing that quick,” she said. “I think there’s a lot of pressure to close sheltering in parks, and for good reason, it’s not where people should be living, but it takes time to move people indoors,” said Amy Allard with the See Spring Wellness Coalition, which also does outreach for the city’s unhoused.
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