Bill has a place to live after three years of living in his car around Campbell River, though he says he’d happily go back to his car days if it weren’t for all the hounding that anyone who appears homeless is in for these days from bylaw and police. The City of Campbell River called it “downtown revitalization” when it bought the entire block around the old Haida Hotel earlier this year and slated it for demolition. But what Bill saw in the move was an end to 60 low-income rooms in a town with nowhere else to go, and the closure of a beloved community kitchen, emergency shelter and drop-in that welcomed 100 people a day to shower, do laundry or just hang out. The non-profit that ran the drop-in at the Haida site, Kwesa Place, has been trying for months to find a new location, but can’t find anyone who will rent to them. “The mayor wants everyone gone from the downtown,” says Bill. “There’s no place to sit anymore where security won’t come to move you along. There’s no place where people are welcome.”