The Hub, providing homeless services in Nanaimo, nearing closure With less than two months before The Hub, which provides services to the homeless, closes, the city says it can't find another location.

"After hearing a host of complaints from the community related to an increase in visible #homelessness, open #druguse, traumatic behaviours, and #socialdisorder #Nanaimo council voted last summer to close the Hub at the end of March" #VancouverIsland #BC cheknews.ca/the-hub-prov...

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The issue is intensely visible, with the cost of #housing asylum seekers in government-paid hotels soaring past two billion pounds this year alone.

This has fuelled widespread complaints—valid or not—that the arrivals have led to a rise in violent #crime and #SocialDisorder in communities.

Millie's Lane troubles emblematic of social-disorder issues downtown: business group A string of fires have been set outside shops in the lane, which is close to the 900-block of Pandora Avenue in Victoria.

"Businesses operating out of a tucked-away lane in downtown #Victoria say they are feeling the strain of #socialdisorder in the core, after a string of fires were set outside shops" #VancouverIsland #BC #Canada www.timescolonist.com/local-news/m...

First of three Nanaimo temporary supportive housing facilities slated to open NANAIMO - By this spring a trio of supportive housing complexes are expected to be operational in Nanaimo, aim...

"By this spring a trio of #supportivehousing complexes are expected to be operational in #Nanaimo, aimed at providing relief for the #unhoused and mitigating #socialdisorder. " @pacificahousing.bsky.social @bchousing.bsky.social #VancouverIsland #BC #Canada nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/02/20/f...

Safety concerns on the rise at Greater Victoria libraries Victoria's Broughton Street branch has seen a fivefold increase in the number of security incidents over the past three years

"It's having an impact on our members in terms of their #mentalhealth and their ability to cope. We're seeing that play out in an increased incidence of sick leaves or other kinds of leaves that folks are having to take." #socialdisorder #Victoria #VancouverIsland #BC www.vicnews.com/local-news/s...

#SocialDisorder continues to be one of the best things I've ever seen. @RoosterTeeth