Vancouver's annual homeless count and the failure to end homelessness

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Published on Friday, 27 March 2015 15:15
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Posted on: March 27, 2015 - 9:05am

Earlier this week Vancouver conducted its annual homelessness count. Last year the count found that despite the mayor's pledge to end homelessness by 2015 the number of people living on the streets had doubled. This year the mayor called on the province and the federal government to take more responsibility for affordable housing.

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