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Victoria Leaders Call for Urgent Action on Homelessness

9/23/2025

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Panellists at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference highlighted worsening homelessness and street disorder in Victoria.
Our Place CEO Julian Daly urged treating homelessness as a health issue, endorsing involuntary treatment for those unable to decide.
Urban mayors faulted the provincial government for unfunded housing, shifting social-services and public-safety costs to cities; the conference runs through September 26.

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Panellists at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference highlighted worsening homelessness and street disorder in Victoria.
Our Place CEO Julian Daly urged treating homelessness as a health issue, endorsing involuntary treatment for those unable to decide.
Urban mayors faulted the provincial government for unfunded housing, shifting social-services and public-safety costs to cities; the conference runs through September 26.