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Winters Hotel inquest recommends phasing out public funding for single-room occupancy hotels

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's housing minster says the province needs to shift away from accommodating vulnerable people in privately owned rooming hotels — but it won't be fast or cheap.

Winters Hotel inquest recommends phasing out public funding for single-room occupancy hotels

Winters Hotel inquest recommends phasing out public funding for single-room occupancy hotels

Winters Hotel inquest recommends phasing out public funding for single-room occupancy hotels

Winters Hotel inquest recommends phasing out public funding for single-room occupancy hotels

Winters Hotel inquest recommends phasing out public funding for single-room occupancy hotels

The jury in a coroners inquest into the Winters Hotel fire that killed two people in Vancouver two years ago has recommended ending public funding for single-room-occupancy hotels in privately owned buildings.

Winters Hotel jury also wants end of public funding of privately owned rooming hotels

The society that operated the Vancouver supportive housing building where a fire killed two people two years ago says it fully supports the recommendations from a coroners inquest.