Northern Region Moccasin Flats and George Street Decampments
In October, the City of Prince George went before the BC Supreme Court seeking an injunction to have encampments at Moccasin Flats at the end of Fifth Avenue and on George Street dismantled. In the North, the weather can turn extreme very quickly, and it’s dangerous for people if they don’t have shelter. We moved quickly before conditions could put people at further risk. BC Housing has been active in leading the efforts to ensure that people in these camps have a safe space for them to move into and our team worked closely with the Association Advocating for Women and the Community (AWAC). AWAC provided outreach and support to the folks being asked to move and we worked with the Prince George Native Friendship Centre, which provided supportive housing. Our Housing and Health Nurse and Coordinated Access Manager conducted assessments every day with the folks who wanted to work with us. We worked hard to prepare everyone on site that the decampment was coming and tried our best to ensure they were prepared and find them available housing. We organized totes so they could take their belongings; we organized transportation to get the folks to their new homes, and welcome kits were provided to get the everyone settled in. We were ultimately able to move 50 people into supportive or directly managed housing by the end of November.
Operation’s 2021 – a year in review
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