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City and housing authorities plan to relocate residents of a tent city at Oppenheimer Park following concerns from law enforcement, neighbours and businesses about the safety of the homeless camp.

Chrissy Brett, an advocate for the homeless who moved into the Downtown Eastside park a month ago, says the City of Vancouver and B.C. Housing plan to relocate residents into single-room occupancy rooms accumulated over the past three months and that notice could be served to those living in the park as early as this week.

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A source at the City of Vancouver and a B.C. Housing communications representative confirmed there is an emerging plan to relocate residents.

“Staff continue to identify housing options, including identifying vacant and recently-repaired SRO units, and make housing offers to residents in need of homes,” said BC Housing in a statement. “This effort will continue.”

Asked directly, City of Vancouver communications specialist Sally Green wrote in a statement that the city is “working very closely with partners, including B.C. Housing, to take stock of housing vacancies as we move toward finding solutions for those who are experiencing homelessness and have been living in Oppenheimer Park,” but did not confirm or deny the report.