Single Room Occupancy Hotels
An overview of SROs managed by the Vancouver Community Non-Profit Partners
Since April 2007, the provincial government has acquired 23 SROs in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. This is an important step to preserving a vital stock of housing, and non-profit groups have been selected to manage the SRO hotels as well as to offer support services to tenants.
Many of these hotels are in need of substantial repairs. Some are currently vacant and cannot be lived in until upgrades have been completed. Once upgrades to the SRO hotels are made, all of the rooms will be available for rent by people in greatest need and residents will be able to live in clean, safe rooms with access to support services. Therefore, once renovations are complete, not only will the housing be improved, there will be an increase in the rentable number of rooms.
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