W.T.F. ? Where the hell do they get these numbers ?

S0, according tot he City's web site, as per the official homeless count in 2010, there were 421 persons listed as 'unsheltered'. In 2012 that number was 306.

However, the overall number of homeless only dropped by 113 during that same period from 1715 in 2010 - to 1581 in 2011 to 1602 in 2012.

And they seem to be attributing the 'great results' to the low barrier shelters which are only opn 4 - 6 months our of the year.

From the Mayor:

“The Vancouver 2012 Homeless Count confirms that we’ve made strong progress in the last four years to tackle homelessness and that our low-barrier shelters have been incredibly effective, but much work remains to confront the challenge,” said Mayor Robertson. “This year’s count shows that street homelessness is down 62 per cent since 2008 and that overall homelessness is down 6.6 per cent overall since 2010, when we finally turned the corner on a decade of rising homelessness in Vancouver.
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Not exactly the good news story they are boasting it to be. Nice spin though.

I am sick to my stomach with all this propaganda B.S. I can tell you right now from first hand accounts homelessness has gotten really bad in Maple Ridge
and their are people camping out all over this god-dammed city especially in secluded areas like rivers, parks, alleys etc. etc. I see it with my own eyes. In Burnaby on the other hand the authorities have a "zero tolerance to poverty" and being poor is a definite no no. Not in our backyard attitude. People, Homelessness has gone UP .HOW CAN THEY SAY THEY WILL ELIMINATE HOMELESSNESS BY 2015. I mean come on, really, give your head a shake.