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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Personally I would have passed bylaws allowing say 2 or 3 tents a block, size limits on the tents and an absolute ban on having stuff outside the tents, I would likely also spray the sidewalks down every morning which frankly the area needs anyway as it is literally a toilet and reeks but also causes people to pack up every day.
there are homeless camps outside the DTES that no one hassles because they are pretty clean and unobtrusive, the issue on the DTES is essentially we have told a group of profoundly mentally ill people that they can do what ever they want, take as much cheap deadly drugs as they want, be preyed on by dealers and low level pimps as much as possible and we dont care
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Yeah, there are encampments all over the place. A lot of them are in wood lots or areas around rivers. Kind of out of site and out of mind, but the vast majority of homeless in the LML are not in the DTES. I am contantly having to respond to incidents related to homeless camps, and it seems like most of them are actually in the Chilliwack and Mission areas. I even get quite a few on the Sunshine Coast.
A lot of homeless encampments are actually occupied by people boondocking. They aren't necessarily addicts and many even have jobs. They just can't afford to rent or own a dwelling, or just don't want the expense. Some of those camps are actually pretty elaborate, equipped with generators and gardens. This is different issue as it relates more directly to cost of living out here, and less about addiction and mental health, but I think it's related. A lot of people who start off boondocking end up on the other side, so you kind of have to look at solving both issues.