Local governments consider more than 200 resolutions at UBCM conference in Vancouver.
The executive of the Union of B.C. Municipalities is calling on the provincial government to set up temporary shelters for asylum seekers who have arrived in the province.
“The resolution seeks to alleviate a new mounting pressure placed on existing emergency shelters by asylum seekers who are using the shelters as temporary housing, thus reducing the capacity of local shelters to accommodate a growing number of homeless residents.” In Toronto, for example, the total number of asylum seekers in the shelter system increased by more than 500 per cent — from 530 individuals a night in September 2021 to almost 3,000 a night in May 2023.
However, B.C. municipalities are not eligible to receive the funds for incurred temporary housing costs because eligibility is based on a local government operating the shelter.The UBCM executive noted local governments already bear a wide range of costs associated with homelessness, including community service, legal and policing costs.
The resolution from the UBCM executive specifically calls on the province to “develop, coordinate and fund” dedicated temporary shelters and appropriate support services for asylum seekers “to relieve the pressure on shelters servicing local homeless populations.”
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