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Citizen poll results: Should the City of Prince George be helping to pay for a transitional housing facility?

The poll ran from January 16 to 29, 2024. Of the 1,192 votes, we can determine that 640 are from within the community.
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The vacant lot at 397 Third Ave. next to the Moccasin Flats entrance on Fourth Avenue is the site of a proposed transitional housing facility.

Prince George Citizen polled 1192 Prince George Citizen readers and asked the question: Should the City of Prince George be helping to pay for a transitional housing facility?

The poll ran from January 16 to 29, 2024. Of the 1,192 votes, we can determine that 640 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

No, it's the provincial government's responsibility 45.31% local, 44.63% total    
No, it will go over budget and the city will be on the hook 18.75% local, 17.53% total    
Not sure 6.09% local, 8.14% total    
Yes, this is a good investment to address homelessness 17.66% local, 17.62% total    
Yes, it will save the city money on police and fire services 12.19% local, 12.08% total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Prince George Citizen readers that are located in Prince George. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 2.82%, 19 times out of 20.

Prince George Citizen uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.