Life of Homelessness in Vancouver Canada, East Hastings Street, the 5 Block Stretch
Explore Vancouver Canada s Worst Corners as Hell on Earth portrayed by the Conservative Leader PP. E Hastings 5 block stretch is from Dunlevy Ave to Abbott St, where the most homeless people hang out in is unofficially considered as an invisible perimeter, so the City s has the better controlling and enforcing. This strip is part of Vancouver s Downtown Eastside and Chinatown. The DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work, and the area began a rapid decline due to several factors, including an influx of hard drugs, an epidemic of HIV infection and drug overdoses. DTES led to the declaration of a public health emergency with critical issues include opioid overdoses, especially those involving the drug fentanyl; decrepit and squalid housing; a shortage of lowcost rental housing; and mental illness, which often cooccurs with addiction.
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