Extra shelters extended for homeless
The extra shelters for the homeless put in place for the winter will be extended till June. Isn’t this a sign that we need them year-round?
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Kate
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DeWolf 13:07 on 2021-03-27 Permalink
We need more permanent housing, not shelters. As that 24 Heures article you shared in the winter made clear, even a hotel shelter is pretty basic – a place to keep you from dying on the street, but not a place where you can get help and a leg up. It’s hard for a social worker to reach you if you’re floating around all day and popping up at different shelters every night.
There’s a federal program called Housing First that helps homeless people get permanent places to live. It sounds like it has been get successful at helping people manage their addictions, improve their health and get on with their lives. Montreal will be taking a similar approach by converting one of those cheap hotels at Parc/Mont-Royal into permanent studios for people who have been living on the street.
Kate 14:01 on 2021-03-27 Permalink
Do you have a news link for that info in your last sentence, DeWolf?
DeWolf 19:44 on 2021-03-27 Permalink
Here’s a Metro report from March 1.
Seems like I was mistaken about the city being involved. It’s Mission Old Brewery that is leading the project with federal funding. There’s a quote from Richard Ryan noting that Quebec hasn’t offered any funding for initiatives like this.