BURNABY, B.C. — The head of BC Housing announced his retirement Tuesday, saying he no longer has confidence he can solve the complex problems facing the Crown…
In a letter posted on BC Housing’s website, CEO Shayne Ramsay said he has spent sleepless nights thinking about the recent murders of homeless and formerly homeless people in Langley, a vulnerable woman who was lit on fire in Vancouver and his own recent encounter with angry residents.
Ramsay said while one community faces almost certain prospects of poverty, poor health, violence and premature death, other communities are unwilling to provide a welcome space that could save lives. “I think the shooting on Hastings Street, surrounded by the encampment and during another heat wave, finally did it for me,” said Ramsay’s retirement letter. “I no longer have confidence I can solve the complex problems facing us at BC Housing.”Article content
Ramsay chose to step aside but others in B.C.’s development, social and governing communities must come forward to build trust and bridges as opposed to walls during this era where everybody, from all communities and neighbourhoods, is concerned about where they live or can live, he said.Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart said Ramsay’s more than two decades of dedication and housing advocacy deserve recognition.
He has said the government is poised to introduce legislation this fall to limit the final permit approval powers municipal government’s have over housing development proposals in their communities.
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