Not like if you built them in Shaunessy anyone would be in the country to oppose it
There is almost no land to build any sort of multi unit dwelling in my area, however, a while back there was a little blip in some letter about consultation over a renovation of an existing building to provide low income units, the amount being considered though was almost irrelevant, it was like 10 or something.
Nanaimo seems to separate the lower income/subsidized buildings from the north side residential areas of Hastings sunrise and I’ve never run into a problem once. There seems to be a tonne of subsidized native housing in this area and also down by Wall Street and Dundas and again, haven’t had any problems although I don’t frequent these areas I do walk them fairly often.
I kind of go back to the thought of, why do these types of people deserve to be seemingly handed a unit in some of the most expensive real estate in the world, but then the argument can go back to resources, community, and the chance to actually make something of yourself may be greater in Marpole etc than it would be in Whalley or chilliwack.
I think if they actually heavily enforced rules like no drug use, keep your unit clean/respectable, be aware of the community, etc etc. and you’re gone if you don’t, and the whole place is shut down if enough violations occur, people may hold each other more accountable.