{"id":102810,"date":"2025-08-28T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/102810\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:18:11","slug":"its-become-a-magnet-vacant-home-draws-ire-of-east-vancouver-neighbours-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/102810\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Its become a magnet\u2019: Vacant home draws ire of East Vancouver neighbours – BC"},"content":{"rendered":"

People living in an East Vancouver neighbourhood are venting their frustration about an abandoned house they say has become a dangerous nuisance.<\/p>\n

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The home at 2520 East Pender St., just east of Nanaimo Street, was severely damaged in a fire in July.<\/p>\n

Neighbours say the former tenants were hoarders, and since the fire, the property has become inundated with trash and debris that\u2019s attracted a cavalcade of scavengers.<\/p>\n

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While the property was fenced off following the fire, the barrier has proven ineffective.<\/p>\n

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Neighbour Jay Rosen has been calling the city asking for it to deal with the problem. He\u2019s concerned there could be another fire.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s still so much flammable material there and batteries and all that. That\u2019s the main concern \u2013 safety of the neighbourhood and of the people who live here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then there\u2019s also the concern of the amount of stolen whatever stuff in the back; it\u2019s become a magnet for other folks who\u2019ve been continuously breaking in, pulling stuff out, leaving it. If they get halfway down the street with it and decide they can\u2019t carry it, they leave it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rosen said the activity at the property has resulted in detritus strewn around the neighbourhood, along with noise and late-night activity.<\/p>\n

He said neighbours have been growing increasingly frustrated at the lack of action from the city or from the property\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t have to be policing our situation here if the city\u2019s not going to clean up this property here, or have this absentee landlord allowing this property just to sit like this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The property has kept Vancouver police busy.<\/p>\n

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Sgt. Steve Addison said officers have attended the home at least 12 times within the last month alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who live in that neighbourhood are justifiably frustrated,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cThat frustration is something we absolutely understand and is something we share, when our officers are repeatedly called over and over again for things that could easily be prevented by creating a more secure perimeter.\u201d<\/p>\n

No one from the City of Vancouver was available for an interview on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

However, the City has since posted a notice on the front door of the home warning the owners they have 10 days to clean the property up, or the city will do it and bill them.<\/p>\n

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