The risk of not housing people was clear. This spring, rising COVID-19 cases in some Downtown Eastside buildings as well as a dysentery outbreak among homeless and poorly-housed people in the neighbourhood highlighted the risks for people living without access to bathrooms or places to wash their hands, or sharing tents and tiny single-room occupancies.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/20/BC-Budget-Homelessness-Not-Much-New/
Oceanside Homelessness Task Force - District 69, Parksville, BC 