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Title: BC Housing CEO to retire amid murders, violence against homeless, complex problems | National Post
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Scape
Date: 2022-08-02 21:00:24
Canadian

[Scape]

Today I’m announcing that I have decided to retire as the CEO of BC Housing. On Saturday morning, May 7th, something shifted. I watched out my window as police descended on Crab Park. I had just returned, minutes earlier, from taking Fred for our regular morning walk

[herbie]

Amazing that both things have got so bad and that someone official will admit they have no idea how to fix it.

[Strutz]

All levels of government are good at acknowledging the obvious issues and playing the mantra of "something needs to be done" but none seem to be able to actually DO anything. The same issues today are ones that have existed for a long time and things are not getting better but are worsening.

In the neighbourhood where I used to work there is a BC Housing complex of apartment buildings and townhouses (all getting very run-down) and the general vibe in that neighbourhood has gotten worse in the last few years. Thefts from local businesses, open hard dug use/dealing, fatal OD's and the constant presence of RCMP and first responders on a daily basis. Always some kind of drama going down.