The report warns Vancouver's homeless population could climb from about 3,150 today to more than 4,700 by 2030 due to pressures on existing affordable units.
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The latest report by Vancouver-based advocacy group Carnegie Housing Project predicts a dramatic jump in homelessness in the next six years, as low-income and vulnerable residents in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside continue to face fewer affordable housing options.
With dangerously cold temperatures gripping Vancouver, two service providers in the city s Downtown Eastside have published an open letter calling on the government to "rapidly fund" more 24-hour warming centres for the local homeless population.