Mayor Ken Sim laid out a plan Thursday to transform the Downtown Eastside, including decentralizing social services and freezing new supportive housing construction.
Sim’s chief of staff, Trevor Ford, said Monday that the mayor will unveil details of his proposal within weeks and that additional funding may be available to the Vancouver Police Department, if ...
The City of Vancouver says it will not approve any new construction of new supportive housing units in the city as it works to transform the Downtown Eastside (DTES). “The Downtown Eastside ...
VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city's troubled Downtown Eastside that includes pausing the construction of net new supportive housing units. He said he ...