Resources

Mapping the Carceral Housing Assemblage

From 2023-2025, Dr. A J Withers and Our Homes Can’t Wait conducted a research study. Our study has generated a two-part report titled: “It’s Like Jail”: Housing Homelessness & Carcerality in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Report: “It’s Like Jail”: Housing, Homelessness and Carcerality in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (Part 1: Outside)

Part 1: Outside: “It’s Like Jail” Summary

Part 2: Inside: “It’s Like Jail” Summary

Full Report Part Two: Inside - Forthcoming fall 2025