Letter: The True Cost of Housing the Unhoused

Letter: The true cost of housing the unhoused

All rejoice that the Pallet shelter only cost $8.4 million to operate for the last two years, and 200 people on average are served. That works out to a little less than $1,800 per person per month, but of course doesn’t count the cost to build the place or the value of the land. Why don’t we just give up and buy each homeless person a house? — Bob Gustafson, Oroville

Ministry of Attorney General

The Ministry of Attorney General was listed as an independent public body at the start of 2024 under British Columbia’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act  and the Information Management Act. They would be considered part of core government within these laws. FIPA submitted focused FOI requests to determine how this public body was interpreting and applying freedom of information and information management laws. They responded …

Housing crisis: why do BC’s public resources sit unused while people remain unhoused - People's Voice

BC Health and Housing Committee   Data obtained through a Freedom of Information request by the British Columbia Housing Action Coalition uncovered an average vacancy rate of 9.16 percent across 2,086 […] The post Housing crisis: why do BC’s public resources sit unused while people remain unhoused appeared first on People's Voice.