Agency:
Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality
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