Council voted 5-4 to defeat a motion that would have given some churches and community organizations a tax break in exchange for use of their lots to house the homeless
The idea of establishing temporary overnight shelters on surface parking lots around the city of Victoria has been killed.
Councillors Jeremy Caradonna, Matt Dell, Stephen Hammond, Marg Gardiner and Chris Coleman voted against the motion, which would have made it possible for 13 identified properties to reclaim tax exemptions that started being phased out last year.
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