Vancouver tent city residents scared health-based shutdown will be permanent

Crab Park to be closed for a week to clean piles of debris and unsafe structures

Residents in Vancouver’s only legal tent encampment are wary of a city plan to force them to temporarily move while it cleans up the site, an advocate said.

Vancouver Park Board general manager Steve Jackson said staff assessed the site in January and realized the area couldn’t be cleaned by hand. He said the dangers include debris, propane tanks, needles, feces and a rat infestation. Singh said the amount of debris makes it unsafe for residents to clean it themselves and too difficult to do in phases. She said she considers the human rights complaint a separate process from the cleanup plans.

“We recognize that one of the things that we can do to help with that is to provide certainty as soon as feasible.”

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