http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/1518/0 fr http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/3394 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Mayor hires hundred more police in response to growing homeless population; hands promised social housing units at Olympic Village over to police </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/picture_2_6.png" alt="" title="graphic by dawn" width="450" height="247" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Mayor Gregor Robertson&rsquo;s recent homeless count shows a 12% increase in homelessness since 2008, the year of his election to office. While Gregor ran on a platform to end homelessness, he and the Vision caucus have responded to this increase with the unaccompanied strategy of millions of dollars for increased policing.</p> <p><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/3394" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/3394#comments Nathan Crompton Logement Pauvreté Dominion Stories Tue, 11 May 2010 21:00:05 +0000 crompton.n 3394 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca