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WHO ARE THE HOMELESS, HOW ARE WE
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Denis, 62, currently lives in Surrey with his dog Princess inside a container, the type used to store materials on a construction site. A perfect storm of problems a large aging
population, fragile economy, widening gap between the rich and the poor, skyrocketing living costs and growing rates of mental illness and addiciton is leaving many in the city
without a permanent place to call home. BOAZ JOSEPH
DELTA CRACKS POLICE TARGET THOSE Thats the message from Delta where they use business parking
council and the police department, lots to make a quick U-turn and
AVOIDING SOUTHBOUND which will be cracking down on head back up onto the bridge.
BRIDGE TRAFFIC BY USING drivers contributing to road rage The brief foray onto Anna-
DOWN ON ALEX
ANNACIS ISLAND SHORTCUT incidents and crazy congestion. cis saves those drivers time by
During the evening rush bypassing much of the bridge
hour mainly between 3 and 6 line-up, but island workers and
KEVIN DIAKIW p.m. many motorists heading business managers say their com-
FRASER CHEATERS
southbound over the Alex Fraser mutes have become intolerable as
People rat running through An- Bridge stream down the Annacis the short-cutters flood Cliveden
nacis Island to avoid Alex Fraser off-ramp from the Highway 91 and box them in.
Bridge traffic during rush hour Connector onto Cliveden Avenue,
better be ready to pay. continued on page 5
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FROM COUCH-SURFING The last homelessness count in 2014 the streets or in a homeless shelter. one of the highest child poverty rates in
indicated there were nearly 2,800 homeless Their problems are often compounded by the country, as well as skyrocketing costs of
TEENS TO URBAN-CAMPING individuals in the Metro Vancouver region a traumatic event in their younger lives that living.
COUPLES, THOSE WITH NO 403 in Surrey a figure that included both
the sheltered and unsheltered.
haunts them well into adulthood, if it ever
stops at all.
We are all worried about the widening
gap between the rich and the poor, Ville-
PERMANENT HOME FIND Organizers consider the homelessness When you look at this population, (it) has neuve says. A lot of people are working two
EVERY DAY IS A STRUGGLE count number an underestimate of the true
scope of the problem. The count reflects a
what they call adverse childhood events,
Fedos says. Something really traumatic has
to three jobs because their wages are so low.
The private sector could play a role to help
minimum number of homeless because not happened and thats one of the pathways end that, for example, if employers provided
KEVIN DIAKIW all of those on the street or in shelters can into homelessness as an adult. living wages, she says. Working with BC
be physically counted. The count is conduct- Untreated trauma can lead to mental Housing and the Fraser Health Authority to
When you hear the word homeless, what ed in one 24-hour period, and its voluntary. illness and addictions, and hard-core street introduce or improve services is also key.
comes to mind? Not everyone chooses to take part. homelessness, which rounds out the demo- Senior levels of government are going to
Gone are the days when homelessness And it doesnt factor in living arrange- graphic in Surrey. realize, hopefully eventually, the need to put
could be summed up with the stereotype ments that are temporary and unstable, The paths to home- housing first for people, Villeneuve says.
of street-hardened unfortunates pushing such as those who are couch surfing or lessness are varied and She adds creating poli-
shopping carts brimming with all their borrowing money to make rent. complex, but Fedos notes cies that lift people out of
belongings. Surrey social services providers say about a big part of the solution We are all poverty doesnt just alleviate
In fact, the number of street homeless has
declined in most parts of the region, except
50 per cent of the citys homeless popula- is simple: More housing. worried about homelessness. For every $1
tion is made up of people over the age of 50. Surrey Coun. Judy Ville- of taxpayer money spent on
Vancouver, since 2011. Many are showing up at shelters with a neuve, who is also chair of the widening prevention, $9 is saved.
A perfect storm of problems large aging host of medical conditions, made worse by the citys social planning Shayne Williams, execu-
population, fragile economy, widening gap gap between
their advancing years and the amount of committee and president tive director of the Lookout
between the haves and have-nots, grow- time theyve been without a stable place to of the Surrey Homelessness and the rich and Society, notes the cost
ing rates of mental illness and substance call home. Housing Society, agrees. of putting one person
the poor.
abuse, and skyrocketing living costs have Medical issues can include anything from She says affordable housing is in social housing can be
combined and are leaving many without a diabetes to incontinence, from chronic crucial and noted Surrey is doing JUDY VILLENEUVE as low as $199 a month,
stable, permanent place to call home. infections to cancer. all it can to address that, citing compared to $701 for
Today, those with no fixed address in- About one-third of the citys homeless are the establishment of the society rent supplements, $4,333
creasingly include the elderly, young people the under-employed those desperately to help raise funds and invest in for a provincial jail cell
and the working poor. looking for work or those working but not infrastructure and services, and and $10,900 for a hospi-
So how does one define homeless? making enough money to pay even the councils recent decision to allow a tal bed.
According to Metro Vancouvers homeless most meagre of rents. secondary suite in every home. There isnt a national housing strategy,
count, conducted in the region every three For many, their careers have ended and However, Villeneuve notes infrastructure and were the only G8 country without one,
years since 2002, there are sheltered and theres no longer jobs in their field, says is not the only answer. he says.
unsheltered homeless. Peter Fedos, program director at Options You have to deal with the source of the
The sheltered include those who are Community Services. problem, she says, noting many of todays
staying in emergency shelters and transition Facing Surreys homeless
Young people aged 19-24 make up about challenges took root decades ago.
houses, ER beds and detox centres, and in 10 per cent of the homeless, Fedos says. The federal government abandoned its
jails, recovery homes or hospitals. On the following pages, The Leader talks
Of that 10 per cent, more than half are National Housing Strategy in 1987, then to some of the citys homeless and hears
The unsheltered refers to all those who aging out of foster care, becoming ineli- bailed on providing funding for housing
have no physical shelter they are urban that those with no permanent place to
gible for provincial government oversight. cooperatives six years later. call home find it difficult to make positive
camping or sleeping in alleys, doorways, Left to their own devices, they end up on Adding to the problem is that B.C. has
parkades and vehicles. changes in their lives.
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I HONESTLY FELT SUICIDE WAS MY ONLY OPTION
Gregory, 49, fell in love with the Metro Vancouver area while on a holiday
during Expo 86.
I loved the mountains and the ocean and Whistler. It was just so beau-
tiful, he says. I knew I would come back one day. Ive been a drifter all my
life.
But it wasnt until his mother died in 1999 that he decided to make the
permanent move from his home of Newfoundland and Labrador to the
West Coast.
Working as a labourer in Nova Scotia for $6.25 an hour wasnt paying the
bills and a failed relationship had depleted much of his savings, so a new
start seemed right.
With the construction boom in B.C. in full swing, Gregory easily found
work as a labourer and eventually as a foreman for a drainage company. He
was able to obtain his safety and traffic control tickets, certifications that
would enhance his employment options.
Over time, Gregory developed neck and back injuries that would require
surgery and recovery time. About a year ago, he settled in Whalley, as the
housing costs were more affordable than the rest of the Lower Mainland.
While off work on disability, he was placed in a government program
that allowed him to earn small amounts of money to supplement his $610
cheque. He took a job unloading freezer trucks in Richmond, and while he
working alone inside one of the trucks, a 70-kilogram (150-lb) pallet fell on
him, striking him in the head. No injury report was ever filed.
Here I was fighting for job site safety all these years, and no one was
fighting for me, Gregory says.
Diagnosed with a severe concussion and numbness in his face and hands,
he began living on a diet of painkillers. With few people sympathetic to his
plight, he contemplated taking his own life.
I honestly felt suicide was my only option, he says. I was behind on my
rent and I had to be out in two days. I was desperate.
Thats when he contacted Hyland House in Newton, an emergency shel-
ter run by Options Community Services Society.
Two support workers showed up at my apartment. They said weve got
you a room. I almost cried.
With WorkSafeBC now monitoring his condition, Gregory is looking for
an apartment and getting the help he needs.
I want to work. I want back in the game.
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WERE NOT DRUG FREAKS. WE WOULD JUST LOVE
A PLACE TO STAY
Roy moved from Newfoundland to northern Alberta in search of work in
the mid 1980s, and although the money was good, after seeing many of his
friends develop health issues, he decided it was time to move to B.C. for a
fresh start. That was in 2001.
Hoping to get his bearings and start looking for work, Roy initially landed
at the Front Room, a homeless shelter in North Surrey.
But steady employment proved difficult to find, so Roy ended up collect-
ing bottles and working odd jobs for cash. Soon, he was living on the street.
One day he met Darlene, a tall, pretty girl, at church.
Both were struggling to find work and were becoming increasingly frus-
trated with the street crime in the area and wanted out.
Everyone seems to start in Whalley, says Darlene, but eventually you
cant get out of there fast enough.
Daily, the two began venturing as far as Port Coquitlam, pulling a large
cart behind their bikes to collect bottles. Shelter was a constant struggle,
between couch surfing with friends and camping in local parks.
We had a great spot in Bear Creek Park. We had a queen-size bed, a large
dresser, says Roy. We could even watch the football games on a small TV.
Then the RCMP came in and pepper sprayed everything. We had to leave.
With nowhere to go, the couple found a secluded lot in South Surrey near
King George Boulevard and 32 Avenue and set up another camp, well-hid-
den from the street.
That was home for 13 years until development pushed them out.
Roy was able to develop an understanding with various local businesses
which allowed him to clean up their lots and provide security. He says
Canadian Tire even offered him a generator.
He doesnt collect social assistance, believing welfare promotes a poor
work ethic and should only be used in emergencies. Roy now works part-
time at a car wash, does odd jobs and collects bottles when he can.
For the last few months, Roy and Darlene had been renting a house on
24 Avenue. But it will soon be torn down to make way for a multi-family
development and they have to leave. Power to the house has already been
shut off.
I just wish people wouldnt stereotype the homeless, Roy says. Were
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to break ground next health issues. Elizabeth Fry
year, will have 16 SHHS recently began Society
shelter beds and 12 fundraising for the 604-520-1166
bachelor transition project. Donations can Surrey Urban Mis-
housing units. be made at http:// sion Society
It will be named after surreyhomeless.ca/ 604-581-5172
the late Bill Reid, a bill-reid-memorial- Sources Community
well-known community shelter/ Resources Centres
booster in Cloverdale. 604-596-2311
Like many existing Shelter resources Hyland House
shelters, the $4-million Newton - 604-599-
facility will also be ani- Surrey Homeless- 8900
mal friendly, so having ness & Housing Society Cloverdale - 604-574-
pets wont present a 604-709-6912 4341
barrier to the homeless. Lookout Emergency Mobile outreach
The shelter will also Aid Society 604-765-6751
operate as a therapeu- 604-589-8678 Gateway Shelter
tic farm, allowing resi- Options Community 604-589-7777
dents to gain work and Services For a list of available
social skills, as well 604-951-8855 shelter beds in B.C., dial
as potentially bene- Housing registry 211.
Gateway Shelter Supervisor Kutrina Blake (left) chats with Surrey City Coun. Vera LeFranc next to fitting those dealing 604-590-7368 The list is updated
some of the 40 homeless shelter beds available at Gateway in Whalley. EVAN SEAL with trauma or mental twice daily.
its so import- Thats just one of the rea-
ant for shelters You cant sons the homeless facility,
to be located on 135A Street in Whalley,
where homeless understate the connected to the Front
people are, says difficulty that Room drop-in centre, is
LeFranc. You scheduled for a re-build.
cant understate people find in The re-vamped shelter
the difficulty that people getting from is currently in the design
find in getting from phase with BC Housing
one place to another in one place to and is targeted for a 2018
Surrey. another in opening. The aging building
While the goal is to is owned by the city, but
find people long-term Surrey. has become inadequate
housing, the low vacan- VERA LEFRANC for the demand in the
cy rate in Surrey about area. The new design
2.8 per cent only will still have emergency
compounds accommo- shelter beds, but also
dations issues and leaves local shelters some transitional/sup-
at capacity much of the time. portive housing beds, as
Sometimes people move into well as extreme weather beds.
a shelter and we cant find them It will be a fully comprehensive
permanent housing and thats where building that will meet the needs of
the bottleneck results, says LeFranc, the folks that are there, says LeFranc,
noting organizations such as Sources, noting it will also have private rooms
Options, Lookout and Elizabeth Fry (which dont currently exist) where
work collaboratively to house people clients can receive personal health and
directly into market housing. counselling services.
Many of the homeless folks dont Also in the works is a replacement of
present as the best potential renters, a 10-bed shelter south of Highway 10,
so our organizations work with them near 176 Street in Cloverdale, operat-
to try to bridge that gap, LeFranc ed by Options.
says. The existing facility, says LeFranc,
There are also supportive housing is an old farmhouse that is essentially
options in Surrey, including about 50 melting into the landscape.
recovery houses (500 or so beds) for The new building, which is hoped
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The cost of caring: $7 billion in government services
PROACTIVE HOMELESS RICK KUPCHUK and the efforts of social work-
ers and volunteers to address
POLICIES WOULD BE MONEY Everyone is paying a price for the issue, there is also a heavy
BETTER SPENT: LOOKOUT the homeless. economic impact one which
Aside from the hardships
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR facing those living on the streets
comes with a national price tag
estimated at $7 billion a year.
STREET TREES
It also said the cost them. only does chron-
of accommodating SHAYNE WILLIAMS ic homelessness
one person in social increase the costs
housing can be as to government, but
low as $199 a month, those who spend
compared to $701 for rent supple- longer periods on
ments, $4,333 in a provincial jail the street have a
and $10,900 for a hospital bed. higher likelihood of suffering men-
Were wasting money incarcerat- tal and physical health problems,
ing people, says Williams. There addictions and disabilities.
isnt a national housing strategy, The faster we help somebody out
and were the only G8 country of homelessness, the better they
without one. can recover and move forward in a
Williams cites the story of Mil- positive way, says Williams.
lion-Dollar Murray, an alcoholic The longer they are on the
who spent more than a decade street, the more they become accus-
homeless on the streets of Reno, tomed to it, and the harder it is to
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The first time I drank openly in front of my parents I was 10 years old, says Michael. My parents
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As a young man, when life became difficult, Michael he struggled to cope. Losing a job or a relationship
caused severe anxiety.
I lost my brother, my mother and my father to alcohol and drug addiction all in a very short time, he
says. I felt lost.
When he could no longer pay rent on his basement suite he took his belongings and began camping in a
Surrey park. He was fearful of shelters and distanced himself from those trying to help.
After about a month of urban camping, a friend who owned an auto repair shop in Newton let him
sleep in some of the cars on his lot. Michael lived that way for nine months.
Eventually he overstayed his welcome and was asked to move on.
He got by with help from Sikh temples that offered him food up to three times a week.
In an attempt to stave off trench foot, a painful ailment caused by wearing the same wet socks for
weeks, Michael would often wash his socks in the bathrooms of various fast food outlets.
When youre homeless, you beat yourself up 10 times more than the average person, he says. You
MARCH ONLY! know theres a better way, but you cant seem to live up to your own moral codes.
It was during one of his trips to McDonalds one morning that he met a man who offered to help him.
He took me to an (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting and that got me started in recovery, he says. I
wasnt even drinking at that time. I couldnt afford alcohol. Remembering my last days on the street keep
me on the right path today.
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SOMETIMES I WOULD EVEN GO TO THE AIRPORT AND JUST
PRETEND I WAS GOING SOMEWHERE AND SLEEP
As a kid in Surrey, Devinder was always active. Sports were an escape for the
now 44-year-old, who felt most at home on the soccer pitch.
As a teenager, Devinder, like many of his friends, dabbled with alcohol and
recreational drugs.
The drugs were there, recalls Devinder, but they werent unmanageable.
Then he tried crack cocaine.
He began to spend days binging on the drug, often staying away from
home for weeks at a time.
In 2000 Devinder came home, after being high for days, to find his moth-
er had passed away from leukemia.
As she lay dying in the living room of her Newton home days earlier, she
had called out for Devineder, her middle son, but he wasnt there. Its a
shame he carries to this day.
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S E NSI O
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The solution? More housing
SURREY IS ON TRACK TO MEET ITS dictive substances. facility, which provides
FOCUS ON SENIORS SHORT-TERM GOALS OF PROVIDING
A much bigger about 100 beds.
Forum
replacement shelter is And through BC
ADEQUATE SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS on the way as soon as Housing, 110 low-in-
Surrey finds suitable come families are
land on the east side of receiving rent sup-
KEVIN DIAKIW Murphy, Surreys se- King George Boulevard plements so they can
nior manager of social in North Surrey. The afford market housing.
What will have a planning, says the new facility will double I think were meet-
lasting effect on home- document priorities the capacity to about ing targets, Murphy
SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2016 | 9AM 2:30PM lessness? Most experts
agree: A fixed address.
are still valid. 40 to 50 shelter beds says, adding a new Bill
Guildford Recreation Centre | 15105 105 Ave The plan Reid Memorial Shelter
For the last decade or indicates that in Cloverdale will bring
so, Surrey has pushed between 2013 Its about an estimated 30 shelter
hard at making more and 2017, Surrey and transition beds to
housing available, both should aim to housing, its the mix next year. It
* HOUSING * * Lunch Provided through investing capi- have 450 new about income will include pet-friend-
This forum will focus on housing, * Wheelchair Accessible tal and creating policy. units of tran- ly spaces and a thera-
providing information on the In the 1990s, the city sitional and and its about
* Grand Prize Gift Package administration at the
peutic farm.
varying levels of residential care,
time claimed Surrey
supported housing. supports. Murphy says once
tenant rights and responsibilities, Featuring presentations Among those should be people have estab-
didnt have a homeless- AILEEN MURPHY
property tax, home safety, and by Fraser Health, T.R.A.C.,
a low-barrier replace- lished a permanent
ness problem. ment for the Gateway address, its bene-
what to know when selling City of Surrey Property Tax By 2004, that
your home. Support resources shelter located on ficial for cities to
Department, a lawyer, the outlook had changed, 135A Street. and add 40 to look at some of the
will also be made available to with the city drafting a
Fraser Valley Realty Board Low-barrier shelters 50 transitional reasons the home-
seniors and their caregivers in social plan and hiring
and a discussion panel. dont require people to housing beds. less became that way in
Surrey. Adult family members are a senior planner to give up drug or alcohol There are also an the first place.
welcome to attend as valuable implement it. use in order to get a
This forum is offered in collaboration with the estimated 180 beds One of the things is
information will be provided! Seniors Advisory and Accessibility Committee.
In July 2013, the roof over their heads. in newly regulated looking at poverty and
City of Surrey com- Many people will go recovery homes, along addressing families and
TO REG ISTER CA L L
missioned a Master without shelter rather with the John Volk- young people who are
TO REGISTER CALL Plan for Housing the
604.501.5100 Course##4469061 than give up their ad- en Societys Newton growing up in poverty,
604.501.5100 || Course 4469061 Homeless, and Aileen Murphy says, adding
there are three main
influences that con-
tribute to being housed
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MAKING A SHIFT TO domestic abuse.
The AOK program, in
how lucky we are, says
Annetta Davies after
CAUSE A RIPPLE EFFECT which students go into
community to donate
finishing up most of an
evenings duties.
IN PEOPLES LIVES food and provide sup-
port to locals.
Davies has volunteered
at NightShift twice a
The Alpha program, month for three years
from page 29 ical needs met: Food, for spiritual support. with her crew from
clothing and boots, and Programs that assist Southside Community
there will be people street people with con- Church.
Ive known Denis to talk to about their flict resolution, health Its incredible. Its a
since the very first night spiritual needs or other and safety, advice on realization for me. These
I was in Whalley, says subjects, if they wish. housing and help with guys are outside in the
Connor. Shes heard stories paperwork for IDs. rain all the time and
The two often ex- from NightShift clients Stocked Street Out- sometimes when were
change Je taime (I love that make her believe reach, where care kits, out there, were freezing
you) with each other, as she would not have clothing and blankets ourselves. We just get a
Denis is originally from survived herself had she are provided from a little bit of taste of what
Quebec. faced the same hard- clothing truck, two or theyre going through.
Connor began her ships. three times a week, at NightShift Street
relationship with the Connor goes over the Volunteers from NightShift Street Ministries are out interacting with clients the same time as the Ministries is located
Whalley street com- basics of what pushes every night of the year. BOAZ JOSEPH nightly meals. at 10635 King George
munity during a Jan. 4, people to their vulner- We dont realize Blvd.
2004 snowstorm. able positions: Poverty,
At the time, she had drug addiction, alcohol- many especially young numbers, for us its Bus, staffed by two
a successful real estate
business and a healthy
ism, mental illness, fam-
ily break-ups, physical
working women in the
area have been abused.
about the one. If I can
make a shift in one
nurses, a counsellor and
driver, provide one-on- SATURDAY FEB 27
10AM
income, but was under- abuse, sexual abuse and We expect theyre persons life, it causes one private care for
going a midlife crisis and poor health. going to live what we call a positive ripple effect physical and emotional
wasnt happy. Just as important, but normal lives? Give your that goes on beyond issues for clients. The
ADESA
Listening to the wind rarely acknowledged, are head a shake. They just Whalley. bus also has a book li-
of the storm in the the gaps between short- need a person to love NightShift hands brary which runs on the
warmth of her bed, she term housing and short- them. They just need to out food to clients 365 honour system. The bus
thought about what
RICHM
term addiction recovery be listened to. They just nights a year, and pro- comes on Tuesday and
people on the street programs. Put another need to be respected as vides other services that Thursday nights.
PUBLI OND
were going through. way, peoples progress, people. include: The Love Hurts
Connor drove up to be it in recovery or being For us, its not about The NightShift Care program, dedicated to
Whalley from White released from prison,
C AUT
Rock and convinced isnt followed up, and
a local pastor to open
O
the cycle that may have
up a church shelter for
AUCTI
been there before con-
the night. He handed tinues, Connor says.
her a key and left her
ON
Its a chronic situation
and a few volunteers to not alleviated by sup-
provide peanut butter port by the provincial
and jelly sandwiches and government.
a warm place to sleep What social services
for 35 men, women and gives them a month is a
children. joke to live on, Connor
I lost my head and says. They dont know
found my heart, she how to get out of here.
says. Theyre entrenched.
Before long, the Even if they have a fixed
former Gentle Shep- address, its not for very
herd Church became long.
NightShift, and is now Connor says local
fully devoted to helping churches, social services
people on the street find and government agen-
hope and purpose. cies have to work togeth-
Connor isnt coy about er to tackle the issues,
crediting God for having and not be proprietary
influence in her decision or territorial about pro-
to abandon her former
EX-GOVERNMENT,
grams that work.
life, nor NightShifts I think its going to
Christian DNA.
REPOS, & FLEET
take an army to move
When were on the this. And its bigger than
street and were serving, us. The problem is bigger
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ment a housing creation
lem.
count.
person.
question.
Hepner says.
homelessness.
Metro Vancouver
making progress,
the 2013 study by
Weve achieved
recently in Surrey.
of street homeless,
of a congregation of
for homeless people
Steering Committee
Almost all parts of
remained stagnant in
says Surrey is making
on Homelessness. We
Mayor Linda Hepner