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Candice Bryar has no idea where she will sleep next week.

Bryar has been homeless for a month, staying most recently in Oppenheimer Park’s tent city, where she and more than 100 fellow residents were served with an eviction notice on Monday.

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The Vancouver park board issued a notice Monday morning telling park residents they were in breach of city bylaws and ordering them to remove all tents by Wednesday evening.

Outreach workers were in the park Monday offering residents lodging in one of more than 100 vacant social housing units identified by B.C. Housing. City officials expressed hope those vacancies would be enough to house everyone in the park who has been looking for a home.

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For some residents, eager to move out of a tent, this was welcome news.

But others, including Bryar, still hadn’t been offered housing on Monday. Bryar, who needs crutches to walk after developing an infection in her leg, said she’s not optimistic she’ll be able to find suitable, accessible social housing soon.