Mark Marissen: Tents will be with us until we build the housing and support services we need | Burrard

Mark Marissen: Tents will be with us until we build the housing and support services we need

September 21

Before I decided to run for Mayor of Vancouver, I met with residents of the Strathcona Park encampment to hear their stories

Most of the folks who I spoke with had previously lived in one of Vancouver’s notorious slum hotels at one point or another. These are the single-room occupancy (SRO) buildings which often house Vancouver’s most vulnerable.

Article on BIV by Mark Marissen.

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