I took a stroll through Nanaimo’s DisconTent City today. The first tents were set up here on May 17, 2018, to draw attention to the problem of homelessness and lack of affordable housing in Nanaimo.
The encampment is on city-owned industrial property at 1 Port Drive, across the street from Port Place Mall in the downtown core.
Estimates of the current population living in DisconTent City range from 200 to 450 people.
~Kim Goldberg
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