NIABY.com has received many letters from residents across Vancouver - some with ideas and suggestions, others sharing what they have written to their politicians. With their permission, we have posted excerpts from some of these letters on our Citizen's Page. To protect the privacy of individuals, NIABY has elected only to use a person's initials. Many of these letters were also sent to City Hall and MLA, Colin Hansen. Politicians and decision-makers should be listening to their constituents before making any new policy that will affect all of our neighbourhoods across the city.
Caring Citizens of Richmond, writes - "Why Caring Citizens of Richmond oppose a 30 bed "supportive housing for drug addicts"" (Read the full Letter »)
Dr. H K, Physician writes - "Given this pattern of frequent relapses, if individuals being treated for drug addictions are housed in the Dunbar area, then it will likely be the case that there will be a significant increase in actively drug-seeking individuals in the neighborhood." (Read the full Letter »)
Dr. TP, Physician, Dunbar writes - "There would be very large expenditure of tax payer's money and the results would be dismal. These addicted individuals in my experience rarely if ever achieve total abstinence." (Read the full Letter »)
Dr. DK, Physician writes - "In addressing this problem, must we not listen to the evidence rather than opinion?" (Read the full Letter »)
D T, Dunbar writes - "Here is what Sam Sullivan said: "On behalf of City Council I'm inviting you to get together with your neighbours and participate in the Community Visions program." (Read the full Letter »)
MKSM, Formerly West End, Now Dunbar writes - "Your Misguided Attempts to "clean up the Downtown East Side" you merely pushed the drug addicts into the West End..." (Read the full Letter »)
J B, Dunbar writes - "Great Metastasizing of Addiction" (Read the full Letter »)
DE Marpole Resident, Marpole writes - "arrogantly disregarded any of the Fraser St. residents legitimate concerns" (Read the full Letter »)
ST, Dunbar writes - "Consults the residents first, before deciding on this type of housing" (Read the full Letter »)
K R, Kitsilano writes - "A ploy to disperse addicts and such, in time for the 2010 Olympics" (Read the full Letter »)
S O, Dunbar writes - "A neighbourhood that is screaming out for low income seniors housing" (Read the full Letter »)
G&S H, Dunbar writes - "We had our vehicles broken into many times." (Read the full Letter »)
NB, West Point Grey writes - "blame driving decisions such as this" (Read the full Letter »)
BD, Dunbar writes - "no housing for Seniors that no longer can manager on their own" (Read the full Letter »)
A C, Vancouver writes - "mother was a victim of a home invasion last year, most likely related to drug addiction" (Read the full Letter »)
A A, Vancouver writes - "San Patrignano, The Largest Drug Rehabilitation Community In the World" (Read the full Letter »)
A H, Vancouver writes - "will simply move the problem to a different location" (Read the full Letter »)
A N, Dunbar writes - "provide us with assurance that we won't see increase crime rates" (Read the full Letter »)
A B, Dunbar writes - "You and council are completely out of touch..." (Read the full Letter »)
F B, West Point Grey writes - "outraged at this clandestine plan" (Read the full Letter »)
BG, Dunbar writes - "a commercially zoned area of town where the risk to family neighbourhoods would be lessened." (Read the full Letter »)
D&B L, Dunbar writes - "including large taxes to live here" (Read the full Letter »)
B B, Dunbar writes - "Increases crime to our area and the probability of finding used needles in parks" (Read the full Letter »)