The challenge of homelessness in B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 rural areas needs a closer look by the province to avoid a 香蕉视频直播渙ne-size-fits-all香蕉视频直播� approach.

That was the thinking from FVRD Chair Jason Lum at the UBCM Housing Summit last week, after the new $12 billion Homes for People announcement, that will see new regional response teams to quickly help those experiencing homelessness get housing.

With more than a dozen entrenched encampments in just one FVRD electoral area, the problem has been spreading in the Chilliwack River Valley and other rural areas of the Fraser Valley, he said.

香蕉视频直播淚n terms of cost, it can be significant especially for the smaller electoral areas,香蕉视频直播� said Lum.

Along with the $12-billion to deliver more housing faster, the provincial government also recently unveiled its 香蕉视频直播楤elonging in BC香蕉视频直播� plan to prevent and reduce homelessness by adding 3,900 new supportive-housing units and 240 complex-care spaces in B.C.

香蕉视频直播楤elonging in BC香蕉视频直播� features new 香蕉视频直播渕ultidisciplinary regional response teams香蕉视频直播� designed to remove encampments and better support the unhoused to move inside with more housing options.

In terms of solutions and what FVRD would like from the province, 香蕉视频直播渢he most important thing is to make sure it香蕉视频直播檚 not a one-size-fits-all solution,香蕉视频直播� Lum said.

For years, most of the homeless camp cleanups have been undertaken by volunteers. Last month the province announced $200,000 to cleanup abandoned camps in the Chilliwack River Valley.

Lum said rural communities and regional district electoral areas are simply not equipped to take on homelessness.

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香蕉视频直播淏ut the discussion that I think falls between the cracks a little bit is the discussion around what happens in the rural areas, the electoral areas.香蕉视频直播�

B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 new rapid response teams are being modelled on what they香蕉视频直播檙e doing on the ground in big urban centres like Victoria and Seattle.

香蕉视频直播淲hat I香蕉视频直播檇 like to see is a commitment to work with the rural areas,香蕉视频直播� Lum added.

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