Hope Village Proposal on Tent Cities

The document is a proposal produced by the Hope Village Council (HVC), a group of homeless people and people at risk of becoming homeless, to help address the problem of homelessness in Vancouver. The authors propose a tent city modeled on the Dignity Village tent city in Portland, Oregon; draw on data collected by the City of Vancouver about the capacity and efficacy of the existing shelter system to support their argument; included a rationale for how a tent city will successfully deal with homelessness issues; and conclude with a list of resolutions passed by the Hope Village Council.