Single Room Occupancy Hotel Residents of Downtown Vancouver
Description:
In April, 1991 teams of surveyors interviewed 279 single-room-occupancy hotel residents (SRO) in Census tract areas 57,58 and 59.01 in Downtown Vancouver. The report summarizes the housing, health and social issues of the 6,202 hotel residents living in the area. It excludes the people living in the hotels on and around Granville Street who were studied in an earlier report entitled Hotel Residents of Downtown South. Residents make extensive use of existing services in the area, but need services geared to specific groups. The disabled, the mentally ill and the over 45 population have well- defined needs that are not being met. While basic services such as free and low-cost food, assistance with housing and medical care are available in the area, other more targeted services to help specific groups are not. In particular, the elderly and the disabled need more direct assistance, the mentally ill need outreach services, and Natives need culturally aware health care services.
Type of Resource:
Community Plans
Publication Date:
1991
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia