As Vancouver prepares for FIFA, questions raised about unhoused people
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Seattle, which is also hosting, has rolled out an emergency plan to move some encampments and expand shelter and housing space ahead of the tournament.
As Vancouver prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, questions are being raised about what will happen to people living on the streets.
Seattle, which is also hosting, has rolled out an emergency plan to move some encampments and expand shelter and housing space ahead of the tournament.
“It has particular time limits, because in about three months our city is about to welcome a quarter of a million people for the World Cup,” Kate Brunette Kreuzer, the Seattle mayor’s chief of staff, said at a council meeting.
“It is really important that when we are hosting so many visitors to our city, we have places for those folks to go.”
But in Vancouver, details are limited.
Global News spoke to Brian Allard, who is living on a grate outside Vancouver’s premier FIFA venue.
His home is within the two-kilometre beautification zone around BC Place, meaning he is supposed to be moved during the tournament.
But he said he is not going anywhere.
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