Province helps those hurt by closing shelters

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Province helps those hurt by closing shelters
300 new housing units to open in the next few months
Dan Burritt Apr 26, 2011 17:39:18 PM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The province is offering to help find housing for 75 people at Vancouver's emergency shelters that are closing in a few days. Housing advocates had threatened to set up tent cities outside those shelters.

Housing minister Rich Coleman says it's something they do annually. "Every year we actually provide housing to people coming out of winter shelters. We make the offers to them because we have identified their inventory at this point in time. We have over 300 plus units coming on stream in new buildings over the next 60-90 days."

Coleman says 30 people have accepted so far, while 20 have said no. The province did extend funding to one temporary shelter so it can stay open until the end of June.