Helping Victoria’s homeless.

 Helping Victoria’s homeless requires a change in our attitudes.

Alina Turner of Medicine Hat, Alta. a former nurse who is managing a downtown 42-room single-room-occupancy hotel in Victoria said, I can see the issue of homelessness etched in the eyes of every resident. They were either homeless before finding a place with us or will be facing homelessness due to issues with income due to old age, mental health or addictions after leaving.

A single adult on welfare receives $610 a month, and $375 of that is for rent. In Vancouver, it is $910 a month. 

According to “homeless hub,” 10,000 people are on a B.C. Housing wait list.

there but for the

GRACE of GOD.

About 1,500 people in the province have no secure shelter at all.

CHEK News reported in July that 1,525 individuals experience homelessness in the city. 

Most were men, were from B.C. and were homeless for long periods of time. The Capital Regional District reported that homelessness starts at an early age. Forty per cent first experienced homelessness at 18 or younger; 20 per cent of homeless were 55 or over; 20 per cent were under 25; 33 per cent identified as Indigenous; 88 per cent had been homeless more than six months in the past year; 57 per cent had lived elsewhere in B.C. before coming to Victoria.

Ten days after leaving Goldstream Provincial Park campground, homeless campers are packing their belongings in preparation to move once again, this time from Seera’s private residence in Saanich. His tenant, mayoral candidate David Shebib, had offered approximately 20 campers a place to stay in his yard after their two-week setup in Goldstream Provincial Park.

this does not help the cause

A homeless Philadelphia man who admitted to helping a New Jersey couple concoct a gofundme scam that raked in more than $400,000 was sentenced Friday to five years of probation.

Within weeks of the  page going up online,

14,000 people had donated nearly $403,000

to help Bobbitt, who was homeless at the time.

Johnny Bobbitt, Jr., (any relationship?) 36, [do the math] pleaded guilty last month in state court for conspiracy to theft by deception for his role in the scam. As a part of his plea deal, Bobbitt agreed to enter a drug treatment program. And was mandated to go out on at least ONE date with Lorena.

BEWARE OF ONLINE SCAMS

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