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New supports for vulnerable people in Edmonton
Jan 17, 2024 Encampments are high-risk environments that victimize and jeopardize the health and safety of those staying in them. These camps are not a safe place for anyone to live or sleep. Since November, the provincial government’s Edmonton Public Safety Cabinet Committee (EPSCC), including the City of Edmonton, Edmonton Police Service, Edmonton Fire Rescue […]
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Leaving Edmonton’s homeless out in the cold is shameful – The Star
January 16, 2024 It’s not as if we don’t know that there are a lot of homeless people living outside. Treating them like garbage to be cleaned up is shameful. Imagine, snow covers the ground, it’s -40 C and you are living in a small tent encampment in Edmonton when the police arrive, tear down […]
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Helping housing providers fight inflation
Jan 12, 2024 Alberta’s government is providing housing providers with a one-time $10-million increase in operating funding to help them continue to house low-income Albertans during high inflation. As Alberta’s housing providers face higher expenses due to inflation, the government is taking immediate action to support them and help keep units open. The additional funding […]
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GUNTER: Dismantling homeless camps done thoughtfully, despite public perception – Edmonton Sun
Jan 11, 2024 It’s tough listening to the stories of resident of homeless encampments. The amputations due to frostbite, sepsis and untreated disease. The deaths from exposure and knife fights. The horrible burns from tent fires and propane tank explosions. We recently carried a story about a woman living in one of our city’s camps […]
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Adding more emergency shelter spaces in Edmonton
With funding from Alberta’s government, more than 150 new Indigenous-led emergency shelter spaces are opening in northeast Edmonton. Alberta’s government has been working with local service providers to open much-needed additional shelter spaces specifically for Indigenous people and women experiencing homelessness. To better serve vulnerable Edmontonians, that work includes partnering with the city to locate […]
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Pallet homes, trailers being set up as agencies expand emergency shelter space – CBC News
Dec 21, 2023 No start date yet for removal of eight central Edmonton homeless camps With no date yet set to begin the teardown of eight homeless encampments in central Edmonton, social agencies are working to open new emergency shelter spaces in different areas of the city. On Monday, an Edmonton judge made an interim […]
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How Edmonton picks which homeless camps to close – Edmonton Sun
Dec 21, 2023 The planned teardowns of as many as 135 makeshift dwellings across eight sites in the city’s core neighbourhoods and ravines drew outrage, condemnation or concern from advocates, politicians, and social and homeless-serving agencies. How Edmonton deals with homeless encampments was thrust into the spotlight last week when the intention to dismantle a […]
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SPC supports Harbour House expansion plans – Lethbridge Herald
December 15, 2023 The Safety and Social Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Thursday supported a request by the YWCA of Lethbridge and District to reallocate capital funding for the expansion of its emergency womens shelter at Harbour House. City council will consider the SPC’s recommendation that the remaining $202,483.80 of unused money […]
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Women’s housing crisis needs to be addressed, says coalition of advocates to federal housing minister – CBC
Dec 12, 2023 Demand for Calgary women’s shelters remains high, even after extra spaces added A national coalition of housing advocates has sent a report to the federal housing minister with 15 calls to action, all leading to one main request: to address and commit to solutions for women and gender-diverse people experiencing housing precarity […]
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Renovating and repairing affordable housing units
Nov 22, 2023 Alberta’s government is investing $16 million to upgrade 400 affordable housing units so more Albertans have access to safe homes. The province is committed to ensuring Albertans have access to the housing they need. Budget 2023 included $94 million over three years for capital maintenance and renewal funding and this investment is […]
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