The province of British Columbia, City of Vancouver and Streetohome Foundation each provided funding of $500,000 at the time.
[2][3] British Columbia Housing Minister Rich Coleman cited the need for laying out rules of operation and the need for better community consultation.
[2] He called Mayor Robertson's bargaining on housing homeless people "amateurish"[4] and later apologized for the remark.
[1] On July 30, 2009 the province of British Columbia announced the 1442 Howe Street shelter would shut down on August 7, 2009.
It shut down early on August 5, 2009, two days ahead of schedule, as alternate housing was found.