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Mayors demand housing action ahead of federal election nationalobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Finally, itâs not just mats on the floor. Finally, no one is getting kicked out every day at 6 a.m., as was considered acceptable in this city before. Itâs a silver lining to a devastating pandemic and worth taking a moment to reflect on how much has changed. The pandemic, a surge in public empathy, attention from public health and community activists, new flexibility and funding from the federal government â all of it created a moment of change. If we recognize it, maybe it wonât all slide away. The new temporary shelter is in a church just off Whyte Avenue. Itâs run by The Mustard Seed, with space for 20 women who will be assigned an individual pod, separated from neighbours by partitions. The pod has a bed, table and chair, which is theirs for as long as they stay. ....
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has announced it will conduct its third national count of homeless Canadians in March and April, but policy experts don’t see it as the right move during a pandemic.
“For this to be operationalized nationally requires resources to be reallocated, including volunteers and municipal resources,” said Cathy Crowe, an expert on homelessness and a public policy professor at Ryerson University. “I think this is the last thing that should be happening until the pandemic is resolved.”
However, ESDC sees the count as “essential in order to understand the nature and extent of the (homelessness) problem, who is affected by it and how to address it,” reads a Library of Parliament background paper. The count was originally planned for March and April of last year, but was postponed due to the pandemic. ....
Employment and Social Development Canada has announced it will conduct a national count of homeless Canadians in March and April. However, policy experts don’t see it as the right move during a pandemic. ....
Delay in pandemic-related rise in homelessness gives feds time to prevent it: report 680news.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 680news.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.