---
title: "NDP candidates Burrows and Yung announce daytime centre plan for unhoused people"
description: "BC NDP candidates Amanda Burrows and Terry Yung announced funding for a Downtown Eastside daytime centre to serve unhoused people, open 12 hours a day, seven days a week."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-ndp-burrows-yung-daytime-shelter-unhoused-october-2026"
last_updated: "2026-10-17T18:42:35.815Z"
---

BC NDP candidates [Amanda Burrows](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/amanda-burrows) and [Terry Yung](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/terry-yung) announced on October 13, 2026 that if elected, the BC NDP would fund a new daytime centre for unhoused people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, according to Daily Hive.

The proposed centre would be open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, the campaign said. It would provide food, bathrooms, showers, and on-site recovery and sobriety services to connect people with treatment support.

Burrows, who is running in Vancouver-Strathcona, said: "I work in the Downtown Eastside, and I see every day how important it is for people to have safe, welcoming places where they can meet their basic needs with dignity." Yung, who is running in Vancouver-Yaletown, said: "To reduce street homelessness, we need to create spaces where people can congregate safely during the day."

## The Ashtrey Recovery Resource Centre

The candidates' announcement also referenced the Ashtrey Recovery Resource Centre, which opened this summer in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The Ashtrey centre is named after Trey Helton, a late advocate who worked at the Overdose Prevention Society for years and died just over a year ago.

## Other voices on the announcement

Tom Stamatakis, president of the Canadian Police Association, said any initiative that gives people with serious addiction or mental health challenges better access to shelter, support, and treatment "deserves consideration," as quoted by Daily Hive.

Sarah Blyth, executive director of the Overdose Prevention Society, said her organization helps people "get off the street, provide food, clothing, and basic hygiene" while supporting paths to recovery.

## What this means for voters

This is a campaign promise. Whether the new centre is built depends on the outcome of the October 24, 2026 provincial election. Advance voting opens October 16 and runs through October 21. Voters in Vancouver-Strathcona and Vancouver-Yaletown can read both candidates' full pages at [/bc/provincial-2026](/bc/provincial-2026).

## Sitemap

See the full [sitemap](/bc/provincial-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.