The B.C. government is expected to announce plans on Saturday to move the homeless campers at Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park into temporary housing, in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among an already at-risk group of people.
Global News has learned that BC Housing will lead a coordinated plan to move people out of the controversial tent city in the Downtown Eastside, starting on Saturday and over the coming weeks, and into safer accommodation.
Social Development Minister Shane Simpson is expected to make the formal announcement on Saturday at 10 a.m., as part of the province’s larger plan to support homeless people in Vancouver and Victoria.