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A Better Tent City is a tiny home community in Kitchener, Ont., that currently houses 50 people. Volunteers say they're writing grant applications and doing the best they can, but they need more money to keep the project going.
The community of tiny homes for about 50 people moved to its current location next to Waterloo Region District School Board offices on Ardelt Avenue in fall 2021.
Nadine Green and Jeff Willmer are being recognized for their work supporting people experiencing homelessness in Waterloo region.
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Region funds its own managed encampment but not A Better Tent City, though the two sites are similar, Vrbanovic notes
With thousands now estimated to be experiencing homelessness in Winnipeg, one expert says the answer could be a strategy the government has since "pumped the brakes" on.