Opinion - Our homelessness crisis (Diocese of New Westminster)

When I moved to Vancouver in June of 1981, I had no difficulty in finding an apartment I could afford, in the neighbourhood I chose. A year later, I moved again-to a different neighbourhood that would allow me to walk to work. Not only did I have no difficulty in finding that apartment, but the work colleague who had encouraged me to move to her building, received a reduction in rent for some months, as a thank you.

And there were no homeless people to be seen. This description seems like a tale ones grandparents would tell about a time long, long ago.

Twenty-five years is certainly longer than a minute, but not long, long ago. What has happened to change plentiful affordable housing and little or no homelessness to the current situation?

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