Posted: Dec 15, 2020 5:35 PM ET | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
Oshawa's mayor says levels of homelessness have sky-rocketed in the city since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help offset those increasing numbers, the city has launched a pilot project that pairs members of faith communities with people experiencing homelessness. (Susan Goodspeed/CBC)
For Karen Charpentier, the COVID-19 pandemic has proven one thing: "A lot of us are one paycheck away from perhaps not having a roof over our heads."
Having grown up in Oshawa and seeing the toll the virus has taken on her community, Charpentier says she had to act.