A New Strategy?

Coleman touts new strategy for Downtown Eastside
Sending homeless to other parts of B.C. a possibility
John Bermingham, The Province
Published: Sunday, June 24, 2007

Provincial Housing Minister Rich Coleman says the eventual answer for the homeless of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is relocation -- to another B.C. community.

Towns in the Fraser Valley and the Interior offer a better chance at an escape from the addiction cycle that leads to homelessness, Coleman told The Province in a wide-ranging interview about the job he faces.

Communities who object to taking in those now gravitating overwhelmingly to Vancouver's streets will get little of his sympathy if they try to keep the poor and troubled from their midst, Coleman added.

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