July 18, 2021 at 21 h 21 min Reading time: 3 min By Nick Seebruch One of the tents setup at the homeless camp on the Cornwall side of the St. Lawrence River (Nick Seebruch/ Seaway News). CORNWALL, Ontario – The Cornwall and Area Housing Corporation are assisting roughly 1,500 individuals or families who have experienced homelessness or are at risk of homelessness with another 582 households on their wait list to receive rent geared to income housing. Meena Mullur, the City of Cornwall’s Housing Program Supervisor, acknowledged that the issue of homelessness in the region may have gotten worse during the pandemic. “Our most recent data on homelessness is from 2018 which may not be reflective of the current homelessness issues and factors in our area,” said Mullur in an email to