Action Plan : For Residents Who Want To Do Something About This Situation

Is There Evidence Having A Wet House In A Neighborhood Reduces Property Value?

• My answer would be duh, but I'm not a Real Estate agent, and I don't have historical examples to support my assumption.
  
• A Real Estate agent, or several Real Estate agents should be consulted and their opinions taken down for the record.
• Historical examples of similar situations in other neighborhoods should be researched and related.

Rehabilitative Farms. How Do They Work? How Successful Are They? How Much Would They Cost?

How Would An Alternative To The Wet-House Project Be Funded?

• A Rehabilitative Farm would gain some revenue from selling produce and products produced on the farm.
• If the farm is made attractive enough, if it has some "cool factor" (catchy slogan, striking logo, flagship product : eg. No More Needles Organic Nanaimo Bar) it would attract donations from the community.
  
• Naturally tax revenue to be used for the wet-house, would go to this alternative project.

Other Cities. How Have Other Cities, Around The World, Dealt With Their Disenfranchised?

Crime Rate. Can It Be Demonstrated That The Crime Rate Goes Up In Areas With Wet Houses? Incidence Of Theft? Violent Crimes?

• These poor people, who are trapped in the vicious grip of drug and alcohol abuse, will do pretty much anything to satisfy their needs.
  

Is There A Vested Interest On The Part Of City Council To Push This Wet-House Project Through?

• A wet-house in the North End would pull addicts out of the South End and away from downtown, "cleaning up downtown" as it were.
  
• The city wants to attract the business of Cruise Ships and events hosted at the Conference Center.
  
• Do any of the City Council members stand to profit from money made by increasing traffic to Cruise Ships and the Conference Center?
• What about the money provided by BC Housing? Is some of that money being earmarked for other uses, besides the wet-house?