DECEMBER 15, 2008
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ChriStmas Wish Lis-t for the Downtown Eastside: • Safe, clean, affordable housing for all the homeless and poorly-housed people • Increased welfare and disability rates • Increased minimum wage • At least three nutritious meals a day for everyone • Enough facilities to eliminate waitlists for mental health and addiction treatments • A moratorium on gentrification in our community • Reverse the ratio: 3 social housing units for every condo being built here