Housing
The Vancouver Agreement also supports programs to improve the quality and availability of housing on the Downtown Eastside. The initiative's policy is to find ways of improving the quality of housing without making it inaccessible to the low-income residents who have traditionally been attracted to the DTES for low rents. The Single Room Occupancy project, a collaboration of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, BC Housing and the City of Vancouver Housing Centre, has refurbished DTES hotels to ensure livable conditions for at-risk tenants. The repurposed Woodward's building, which will include 200 units of social housing alongside market-price condos and commercial office and retail space, is another Vancouver Agreement project.
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