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The Downtown Eastside Revitalization Program, Downtown Eastside "Extraordinary" Policing, and Business Improvement Associations (BIA's): Why the People of the DTES Are Being Harassed and Brutalized

Publication type: 
Position Paper
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Agency: 
Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality
Date: 
2000
Pages: 
3
Summary: 
The Vancouver Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality's position paper on the Downtown Eastside Revitalization Program. This paper examines the problems with the plan from the perspective of residents: the criminalization of people with disabilities and lack of social services during the gentrification of the downtown eastside luxury housing development.
Keywords: 
Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality; downtown eastside; DTES; community housing; police abuse; downtown eastside revitalization program; social housing policy; drug-related crime; low-income housing; gentrification