Carnegie Housing Project and its organizers frequently speak to the media and write articles about the reality of housing needs in the DTES.
Media inquiries can be directed to carnegiehousingproject@gmail.com. Please include your deadline!
Keep scrolling to read a selection of press coverage.
Community groups put forth recommendations to help unhoused people on the DTES
CHP quoted by CityNews
Community groups in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) are putting forward nine recommendations to multiple layers of government in hopes of helping those who are unhoused in Vancouver this winter.
Downtown Eastside groups issue urgent plea for homeless ahead of winter
CHP quoted by Global News
There are 3,100 people of no fixed address in the region, including 2,000 in the Downtown Eastside, but just 1,500 shelter beds.