Province, city eye former jail to house homeless

By Irwin Loy
Vancouver 24 Hours
July 13, 2009

VANCOUVER - The province and city officials are eyeing the site of Vancouver’s former jail to house people who are homeless.

The old Vancouver Pretrial Centre near the north end of Main Street could hold 100 units of supportive housing. Both provincial and city officials have examined the site, which had been closed since 2002, when it served as a jail connected to the Provincial Court.

“We’re just working within government to identify that particular facility can be transferred to housing,” Housing Minister Rich Coleman told 24 hours in an interview.

“It’s one of the ones we’re looking at.”

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