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111 Princess Ave. Vancouver BC V6A 1C7
Alexander Street
The Alexander Street Community consists of low-barrier permanent housing as well as clinically supported transitional housing for individuals with physical and mental health issues and substance dependencies.
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2915 Douglas St. Victoria BC V8T 4M8
Arbutus Shelter
The Arbutus Shelter is staffed 24-hours a day, seven days a week to help address the ongoing need for day-time resources by those experiencing homelessness.
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7 West Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6B 1G4
Beacon Hotel
The Beacon is a single room occupancy building for individuals living with concurrent disorders. Residents have access to a clinical team, nurses and social workers to address their well-being.
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1131 Franklin St. Vancouver BC V6A 1J8
Chartrand Place
Chartrand Place is a temporary modular housing building, offering mental health support 24-hours a day, seven days a week, with home support workers available weekdays.
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2915 Douglas St. Victoria BC V8T 4M8
Douglas Street Community
The Douglas Street Community provides low-barrier transitional housing with mental health workers onsite 24/7, and a residential treatment and recovery program.
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561 East 16th Ave. Vancouver BC V5T 2V1
Enhanced Living Support (ELS)
Developed and owned by Sanford Housing Society, Enhanced Living Support provides independent supportive housing units to people with concurrent physical and mental health issues and substance dependencies.
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420 East Cordova St. Vancouver BC V6A 1G6
Hugh Bird Residence
Hugh Bird Residence provides housing for residents who need less support to transition from single room occupancy to independent living.
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265 West 1st Ave. Vancouver BC V5Y 1A6
Hummingbird Place
Hummingbird Place is a temporary modular housing unit of self-contained dwellings with private bathrooms and kitchens, with an on-site integrated sustainable agriculture project in partnership with Sole Food Farms.
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Various locations
Integrated Housing Team
The PHS Integrated Housing Team is an outreach team that operates 365 days a year supporting residents that live in both PHS and Atira Property Management buildings in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
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101 East Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6A 4J1
Irving Hotel
Hotel Irving, formerly known as the Sunrise Hotel, is home to a variety of people with concurrent physical and mental health issues and substance dependencies.
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844 Johnson St. Victoria BC V8W 1N3
Johnson Street Community
Johnson Street Community was established to provide housing for homeless campers that had created a tent city on the grounds of the Victoria Provincial Court building in late 2015.
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103 East Hastings Vancouver, BC V6A 4J1
The Lark
An innovative shelter that allows residents 24-hour access to private rooms, including double rooms for couples, with two meals served each day.
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177 East Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6A 1N5
Maple Hotel
The Maple provides supported social housing for a diverse group of Downtown Eastside residents.
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2132 Ash St. Vancouver BC V5Z 3C3
Margaret Mitchell Place
This temporary modular housing unit opened in 2018 as part of the BC government’s commitment to build 600 homes to house Metro Vancouver’s street and shelter homeless population.
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166 E Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6A 1N5
Molson Hotel
Built in 1911 and originally home to a branch of Molson’s Bank, this Edwardian office block was the Roosevelt Hotel for a time before being renamed to reflect the area’s heritage.
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356 East Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6A 1P4
New Fountain Shelter
New Fountain Shelter is open daily from 7 pm to 9 am providing a safe and comfortable place to sleep for individuals who are frequently rejected elsewhere due to substance use, pet ownership, personal belongings or because they fare poorly in institutional settings.
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258 Union St. Vancouver BC V6A 3A1
Nora Hendrix Place
PHS opened its fourth temporary modular housing facility in 2019, in partnership with Hogan's Alley Society, to meet the needs of Vancouver’s Black and Indigenous communities.
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412 Carrall St. Vancouver BC V6B 2J7
Pennsylvania Hotel and Supportive Suites
This heritage building was the founding project of PHS Community Services Society, opening in 1991 as the original Portland Hotel.
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20 West Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6B 1G6
Portland Hotel
Named after our first establishment, the Portland Hotel brings stability into the lives of individuals who were at one time considered to be some of the city’s most challenging and hard-to-house individuals.
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309 Carrall St. Vancouver BC V6B 2J4
Rainier Hotel
Women who live at the Rainier have access to mental health services, primary health care, medication management, detox, harm reduction recovery-focussed programming and education.
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144 W Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6B 1G8
Regal Place Hotel
PHS mental health workers are available to support residents with day-to-day needs and to achieve their personal health and inclusion goals.
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475 East Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6A 1P7
Smith-Yuen Apartments
The Smith-Yuen Apartments is purpose-built social housing for senior citizens living with mental health issues.
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1900 Douglas Street Victoria, BC V8T 4K8
Soleil
Formerly Paul’s Motor Inn, this property was purchased by the Province in June 2020 to provide supported housing for people without homes in Victoria.
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1005 Station St. Vancouver BC V6A 4J8
Station Street
This facility provides supportive transitional housing to new families and youth, including 10 wheelchair-accessible units.
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16 East Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6A 1N1
Tellier Tower
Tellier Tower is a rent-geared-to-income building, with services to support those residents with mental health, addiction and chronic disease issues.
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Six Houses in Various Locations in Vancouver, BC
Unity Housing
The rehabilitative model at Unity focuses on “wellness through social interaction” and, by way of monthly housing meetings and quarterly tenants’ meetings, evokes the principles of participatory democracy in decision-making.
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131 West Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6B 0G9
Woodward’s Community Housing
Located in the historic Woodward's development, this groundbreaking project integrates 125 units of low-income housing with market-rate condominiums, retail outlets, subsidized family units, shared public spaces and Simon Fraser University’s Centre for the Arts.
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