Homeless house strikes fear

[one wheel]

Thank you 'die', the way you compared different addictions is 100% correct. Why do we have professionals that stumble so badly in separating those that require different treatment programs that could be beneficial ?
Is the real reason for this because there aren't places or spaces to give them what is needed ?
When the Government (taxpayer's) cover the tab & there is no ceiling or goal to end addictions, JHS & BC Housing have switched directions regarding recovery & love the cash flow coming in, & now it's 'wet facilities - r - us' .

Kamloops appears to have handled this problem properly & provides a shuttle service for those who are getting treatments.

Kelowna runs on 'style & not much content' as long as it looks good & is out of site everything in our Council's world is fine.

[normaM]

I'd like to know what the homeless people think about a place that will allow addictions to continue.
Hate to be cynical but it sounds a bit like the agencies providing Services don't want their client base to vanish.

[the truth]

I'd like to know what the homeless people think about a place that will allow addictions to continue.
Hate to be cynical but it sounds a bit like the agencies providing Services don't want their client base to vanish.

exactly..................

[Scrobins94]

They can't build this soon enough. We need projects like these desperately. Not just in Kelowna but across Canada.

[WalterWhite]

This would have been a great fit for this property, just as residents had asked...

https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/2 ... n-children

[one wheel]

We can always hope that when Agassiz Rd. is ready to move into that some rational thinking will have taken place & it will be a used as a home for mothers & children ?

[wanderer]

I'm not sure if this will make a difference to people's opinions by I just found out Heath House is being run by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Kelowna not the John Howard Society.
https://cmhakelowna.com/heath-house/

[the truth]

I'm not sure if this will make a difference to people's opinions by I just found out Heath House is being run by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Kelowna not the John Howard Society.
https://cmhakelowna.com/heath-house/

so can they do drugs also in this building ?

[Lore]

so can they do drugs also in this building ?

Of course they can still do their drugs.
Can't have them quitting their drugs now can we.
Found this.
https://*bleep*.ca/newsitem/new-kelowna ... es/it59187

Edtted to add that link won't copy but
yeah drug users move on in

[Lore]

so can they do drugs also in this building ?

Will pm you the link since it won't copy here.

[Fancy]

Can't post other local media.

[Anonymous123]

so can they do drugs also in this building ?

Of course they can still do their drugs.
Can't have them quitting their drugs now can we.
Found this.
https://*bleep*.ca/newsitem/new-kelowna ... es/it59187

Edtted to add that link won't copy but
yeah drug users move on in

Here’s a quote from the article:

Heath House, like other supportive housing projects, is a harm reduction facility where residents can consume drugs and alcohol in their own rooms or use an injection site where help is close at hand, if needed.

[643dpb]

Addiction is considered an "illness", a "disease" - like diabetes for instance.

Will the junkies living here get free needles and Naloxone kits? My wife was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes, she had to pay $75 for a pack of test strips yesterday. I have no sympathy for those who do not wish to help themselves. Has anyone done a cost benefit analysis of keeping these clowns alive? I shake my head every time I read the news, another handout to those who truly don't deserve it.

Quit coddling them, our society is going to *bleep*, fkin tired of this.