The chair of Fredericton's Community Action Group on Homelessness says the death of a homeless person in Moncton this week could easily happen in any other city in the province.
The provincial government is planning to create a COVID-19 isolation site for the Fredericton's homeless population, with one city councillor saying it will be housed at the Kinsmen Centre on School Street.
An outbreak of COVID-19 has hit another homeless shelter in New Brunswick, this time the Marshall House in Fredericton, which had eight confirmed cases as of Friday.
City funds homeless centre and shelter, keeping people out of the cold
The City of Fredericton is giving the Phoenix Learning Centre and the out-of-the-cold shelter Marshall House funding to help get people into the shelter more quickly and keep the doors of the learning centre open longer.
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Posted: Jan 27, 2021 7:30 AM AT | Last Updated: January 27
The Phoenix Learning Centre can take in 30 people because of COVID-19 restrictions.(Gary Moore/CBC)
FREDERICTON The city of Fredericton is spending $20,000 to help the homeless in their city. The Phoenix Learning Centre is where many who are homeless in Fredericton spend their days. At night, they head to the Out of the Cold Shelter for a place to sleep. However, there is a gap between Phoenix closing and the night shelter opening. The $20,000 is going to allow an extension of the hours so I can put a staff member in place, said Scott Earle of the Phoenix Learning Centre. We re going to be able to maintain now until 8:30 in the evening where the shelters open at 9 so we re reducing that gap.