Seven Solutions to Homelessness - The Tyee

Boundary Road exit, Vancouver. Photo Elaine Briere. Homelessness is not necessary. Unlike most other urban social problems, homelessness is something policymakers actually know how to address. The U.S. and Britain have slashed their rates of homelessness during the past decade. But in Canada, homelessness is on the rise; and in the Vancouver region, the official count of homeless persons almost doubled from 1,121 souls in 2002 to 2,174 in 2005. ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS & MORE FROM TYEE AND SELECT PARTNERS Bard on the Beach’s ‘Antigone’ Gives New Voice to the Women In this contemporary adaptati…