Tag: Homeless
Homeless advocates’ message to city: Let’s work together to help people
London’s homeless people aren’t like daffodils that simply reappear when the weather warms ups, a group of frustrated health care and outreach workers said Thursday. But it’s time to stop arguing with city hall about numbers and start working together on human beings, they said, extending an invitation to other organizations and the city to […]
Western University study analyzes COVID vaccination rate among homeless
COVID-19 vaccine uptake is higher among homeless people with access to primary care and community clinics, Western University researchers say in a new Ontario study quantifying the lagging immunization rate in the vulnerable population.
Funding ends for service that helps vulnerable Londoners stay housed
A homeless prevention service that has helped hundreds of Londoners living in cluttered or squalid conditions keep their homes is losing its funding at the end of the month.
City hall to Queen’s Park as homeless programs in peril: Where’s the money?
A political war of words is unfolding around the looming shutdown of a dozen homelessness and housing programs in London. Organizations need an 11th-hour extension from the federal and provincial governments to keep paying for programs that help tackle “huge societal problems” like homelessness and lack of housing exacerbated by the pandemic, one city councillor […]
London’s temporary winter shelters won’t be rebuilt next year: City hall
The temporary winter shelters created in London the last two years are unlikely to be rebuilt next year, city hall says. As a pop-up site at the Fanshawe golf course prepares to close next week, with 18 people housed or moving in shortly, there is no money – or plan – to continue the effort in […]