B.C. orders database destruction after professor presents controversial housing study
After eking out a narrow win in last month’s election, B.C. Premier David Eby has pledged to prioritize voters’ top concerns — housing, affordability and the drug crisis — in his next administration.
Yet, the NDP government’s plans to boost housing and support individuals with addiction do not align with the key findings of a housing study conducted by a leading academic in the province.
Dr. Julian Somers, a clinical psychologist and professor at Simon Fraser University, says a $30-million project he conducted found that enabling people with a substance use disorder to choose where they live leads to better recovery outcomes than placing individuals in group housing.
“Living in a good-quality apartment in a regular neighbourhood challenged [drug users’] self-perception as ‘loners’ or ‘outcasts,’ fostering a sense of belonging,” the article by Somers and a team of Simon Fraser University researchers says.
https://www.canadianaffairs.news/2024/11/21/b-c-orders-database-destruction-after-professor-presents-controversial-housing-study/
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Don't like the answer the science is giving...delete the science.