Vancouver’s hospitality industry continues to put pressure on the provincial government over the deteriorating situation on Granville Street after what it says was another 10 days of fires, violence and disorder.

At a news conference on Thursday, Hospitality Vancouver Association (HVA), along with Mayor Ken Sim and Police Chief Steve Rai, called on the province to immediately close three problematic single room occupancy (SROs) buildings on Granville Street.

“We want to draw attention to the ill-advised decision by BC Housing to locate nearly 300 vulnerable people with complex mental health and addiction needs directly within and above Vancouver’s entertainment district,” Laura Ballance, spokesperson for the HVA, said.

“In early 2020, we had been told that that decision to purchase a

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