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Summerside police and city staff say more officers are needed to address complaints connected to city residents facing addiction and homelessness.
A volunteer group in Summerside is still looking for places to set up tents it has purchased to provide some shelter for homeless people in the city.
The City of Summerside is allowing restricted use for a parcel of land for at 25 Frank Mellish Dr. for a 10-bed emergency shelter, but the province is not being given a carte blanche.
The Native Council of P.E.I. runs a men’s shelter on Winter Street in Summerside. It has been pretty much at capacity since it opened last spring, says Chris Clay, the Native Council’s Reaching Home housing coordinator.
The number of people experiencing homelessness is growing in Summerside, Prince Edward Island’s second largest city, and movement on the solution is slow, according to advocates.