#BCgovernment has a 10 year, $734-million plan to build 1,500 housing spaces for #women & #children #FleeingViolence . In the meantime, Julie said people are #trapped in #DangerousSituations .
She’s calling for greater #FinancialSupport for #survivors , who may have been #FinanciallyDrained by #AbusivePartners .

https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/vancouver-island/2023/3/17/1_6318830.amp.html

#VancouverIsland #vanisle #DomesticViolence #LackOfHousing #SafeHousing #DomesticAbuse #HelpForSurvivorsNeeded #BritishColumbia #BCPoli #SocialProblems

..her team found that both volunteers & the people being asked a long series of questions about their #LackOfHousing – some of whom have participated in almost every #homeless count since they started in #BritishColumbia in 2003 – were getting frustrated that the process did nothing to help individuals. Moreover, there was no way to track them to find out if anything changed.
“With #anonymous #data , that person can never be linked to #housing ,” Ms. Atkey said.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/canada/british-columbia/article-bcs-homeless-count-is-being-questioned

#BCpoli