Across BC, 30,000 people are either experiencing homelessness today or at imminent risk of homelessness.
For decades, society’s response to homelessness has been to provide emergency services like shelters and soup kitchens. And while these services are important in meeting the immediate needs of people who are suffering, they do not help end or prevent homelessness.
In Greater Vancouver over 5,000 people are experiencing homelessness.
And 30% more people are unsheltered in 2025 than in 2023.
While the reasons for homelessness are varying and complex, 71% of individuals in the 2023 Vancouver Homeless Count indicated that they were living with an addiction.
“Most times I was out of jail I was homeless. It was torture. I hated myself for choosing drugs time after time, but I didn’t know how to change.”
- Janco, HFFS Graduate & Staff
In the Tri-Cities in 2025, at least 144 people are experiencing homelessness.
The Tri-Cities has seen an 11% increase in the number of unsheltered homeless people since 2023.
And vastly more are under-housed or at risk of becoming homeless.
Take a stand with us.
At Hope for Freedom Society we’re committed to serving people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in the Tri-Cities.
By offering love, compassion and a listening ear, our team of outreach workers cares for the community’s most vulnerable people.
Our Outreach team meets people’s basic needs with supplies like clothing, shoes, food and water. We walk with people on longer journeys towards life-changing goals like housing, sobriety and family reunification.
*Data from the 2025 Greater Vancouver Homeless Count and 2023 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count