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Shelters for homeless people have begun popping up on municipal property in January 2021. In response to the shelters, Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) has recently announced that the removal of occupied shelters appearing in Dartmouth and surrounding areas will not occur, and made clear that removal will take place only if a shelter is vacant. However, there is a great deal of controversy surrounding the arrival of the huts, because some argue that there is no license to allow people to build without permission on municipal property. On the other hand, HRM spokesperson, Maggie-Jane Spray stated, “the municipality takes an empathy-based human rights approach to homeless encampments that recognizes the human dignity of people experiencing homelessness,” in an interview with CBC, which was published on January 25th. While it is ethical to not take action in removing huts that are some people’s only form of shelter, the issue has raised concerns about the h