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Portland Hotel Society (PHS) is a Canadian non-profit society created in 1993 to provide advocacy, housing, services, and opportunities, for Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Its 451 staff support 1,153 rooms, North America's first legal supervised-injection site, known as Insite,[1] a Downtown Eastside credit union branch (Pigeon Park Savings),[2] a food service that feeds people in Single-Room Occupancy residences (Downtown Eastside Central Kitchen) and a pest control service (Bugs Be Gone).[3]

In 1991, the Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) converted a local hotel to housing for homeless people and named it after the American city of Portland, Oregon due to its reputation for aiding homeless people.[4]

A co-founder of the society was former Vancouver city councilor Jim Green.[5]

  1. ^ Leung, Marlene (21 September 2013). "As InSite turns 10, others fight for supervised drug injection sites across Canada". CTV News. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ^ in partnership with Vancity CU. [1]
  3. ^ Mackie, John (19 March 2014). "Leaders of Portland Hotel Society resign in battle over funding". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Portland Hotel Society". Initiatives Profile. Shared Learnings on Homelessness. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Jim Green: The democratic solution". Globe & Mail. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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