South Vancouver residents have poorer access to services, with social spending per capita over five years almost 10 times less in some areas.
“There’s a feeling that the neighbourhood doesn’t get as much support,” said Boyle. “And that’s backed up by data.”/In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, some of those inequities became glaringly obvious as food banks shut down and some residents struggled to find support. The South Vancouver Neighbourhood House reached out to a Simon Fraser University program that studies communities to help quantify the disparities.
“The data shows the area is getting less well off,” said Holden. “It used to be an average middle-class neighbourhood, but it’s falling further behind.” “Their voices have been silent,” she said. “The resources we have don’t meet the needs of the community. On the whole, what we’re asking for is more equity.”
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