From the Breckenridge Zone. Left Speechless by the Monday February 17th, 2014 vote that sent BC Housing, it’s $$$millions$$$ of dollars and 60 years of support in search of a city with politicians who do not extol the virtue of voting irrationally, residents of The Breckenridge Zone created these images.
Banman Steps In To Kill ACS Proposal
Despite the fact Abbotsford Council voted four to three to accept $15.3 million dollars from the provincial government in order to build the proposed ACS/BC Housing low barrier shelter for homeless men, Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman stepped in and voted with the ‘No’ side creating a tie and killing the proposal.
The proposal, which has taken six years of negotiation and work by officials at the City of Abbotsford, BC Housing and Abbotsford Community Services (ACS) at the direction of Council, would have been the smallest supportive housing project ever built by BC Housing.
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