#BCgovernment has a 10 year, $734-million plan to build 1,500 housing spaces for #women & #children #FleeingViolence . In the meantime, Julie said people are #trapped in #DangerousSituations .
She’s calling for greater #FinancialSupport for ssurvivors , who may have been #FinanciallyDrained by #AbusivePartners .
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..her team found that both volunteers & the people being asked a long series of questions about their #LackOfHousing – some of whom have participated in almost every #homeless count since they started in #BritishColumbia in 2003 – were getting frustrated that the process did nothing to help individuals. Moreover, there was no way to track them to find out if anything changed.
“With #anonymous #data , that person can never be linked to #housing ,” Ms. Atkey said.
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