The residents of the controversial Oppenheimer Park homeless camp in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside say they appreciate the province’s plan to move them into temporary housing, but argue those living on the streets need more urgent attention.
BC Housing and the provincial government detailed their plan Saturday to move hundreds of residents of Oppenheimer Park and two encampments in Victoria to vacant hotel rooms to help limit the spread of COVID-19, while also addressing the ongoing overdose crisis that has impacted those communities.
Yet Oppenheimer Park advocates including camp liaison Chrissy Brett said shortly after the government’s announcement that the plan is only focused on the most visible of Vancouver’s homeless, and that