Two days after B.C.'s Premier was grilled by Chinese media about the homeless problem in the province leading up to the 2010 Olympic Games - police have shut down a tent city in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Wednesday night police told the homeless to go to new homes arranged by the provincial government.

"It was very simple...we all got rooms" said Zippy, who has lived in a homeless camp in Oppenheimer Park for two months. "I (have) been living outside for 17 years so it's going to be hard to live inside."

Vancouver Police spokesperson Jana McGuinness says that all 40 people of the people they approached accepted the offer of new housing.

Some are suspicious of the timing of this goodwill gesture towards Vancouver's homeless.

"I think Gordon Campbell got embarrassed in Beijing for the homeless situation here," said Vancouver Park Board official Spencer Herbert.

"I'm hoping the suites aren't full of bedbugs, as many of the suites currently are," said Herbert.

During a news conference Tuesday in Beijing the B.C. premier faced tough questions about the province's homeless problem.

Only two days later the order came down: open B.C. Housing and clear the park.

But not all tenters got the opportunity to get a fresh start.

"That's bull. I've been on a waiting list for six months," said Joseph Lalonde, who lives in the park.

"I don't know where I'm going to sleep tonight. I'm going to walk around tonight until I find a place to go."

Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park has long been a point of contention for housing advocates and area residents alike.

In July, residents living around the park rallied to protect those who regularly sleep in the park out of concern homeless people were being ticketed and even threatened by police for using the park as a shelter.

Housing advocates say Thursday's relocation is a step in the right direction, but there are still many questions unanswered as to how to put roofs over the heads of the city's 1,200 homeless leading up to the 2010 games.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Jon Woodward.