Kelowna residents raise concerns over social support facilities in neighbourhood
Global News
The City of Kelowna, in partnership with BC Housing, plans to build a 40-unit supportive and complex care facility on Pacific Avenue near Capri Mall.
Kelowna, B.C., residents who live in the Capri Landmark neighbourhood and specifically in or near Pacific Avenue are raising concerns over a new development planned for the area.
“Major concern,” said Tony Lonergan, who lives in the area.
The City of Kelowna, in partnership with BC Housing, plans to build a 40-unit supportive and complex care facility on Pacific Avenue near Capri Mall.
With a number of social support services already in the area, residents say adding another will compound the neighbourhood’s problems.
“Homeless people are walking down these streets. They’ve damaged buildings,” Lonergan said. “They’re in here, constantly going in the bins and things.
“Like, I think…(it) will get worse.”
In a letter to city council, residents point to other facilities within a two-and-a-half kilometre radius of the proposed site.
“They’re just putting a lot of that kind of facility in this area, and they’re continuing to do it without any consulting of the neighbourhood,” Lonergan.
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