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BC to help Abbotsford clear out “problematic” homeless encampment: “We don’t think it’s safe”

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The province of British Columbia is working with the City of Abbotsford and various non-profits to “clear up” what Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon describes as a “very problematic” encampment of unhoused people living on an empty plot of Crown land.

Over the past few years, the site of what was supposed to be the Lonzo Park and Ride has become home to a number of people in need of shelter. The land is now covered in tents, tarped structures, old RVs, and garbage.

“I’ve had a chance to go there, on site with the mayor, and quite frankly we don’t think it’s safe for the residents and we don’t think it’s safe for the community at large,” Kahlon told Global News on Tuesday. “We’re a couple of weeks away from announcing our next steps on it.”

The housing minister’s comments come just one day after an RV that was used for shelter at the site burned down. Global’s Kamil Karamali has the details.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/9717949/bc-clear-up-problematic-encampment-abbotsford/

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