Emergency shelters reduce homelessness, drug use, crime in Vancouver

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 21, 2013

Emergency shelters reduce homelessness, drug use, crime in Vancouver

Open drug use, panhandling, trespassing and street homelessness is down in Vancouver due to emergency shelters that opened this winter, according to new statistics from the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association. The new data shows ...

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Emergency shelters reduce homelessness, drug use, crime in Vancouver

Emergency shelters reduce homelessness, drug use, crime in Vancouver

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