Tag: homelessness
Fire-displaced Londoners remain in limbo as city-funded hotel stay ends
As more snow and cold pounded London on Thursday and city hall emergency shelter funding ended, the immediate housing future of several fire-displaced Londoners remained in limbo. It’s been a painful few weeks for the residents of 753 Dundas St., a privately owned supportive-housing building in Old East Village that was damaged in a $1.2-million […]
At London-area hospitals, winter injuries pile up like snowbanks
An old-fashioned winter like we haven’t seen in years has led to piles of snow and ice, potential hazards for anyone braving the outdoors.
At London-area hospitals, winter injuries pile up like snowbanks
An old-fashioned winter like we haven’t seen in years has led to piles of snow and ice, potential hazards for anyone braving the outdoors.
In Michigan, a new push to fight homelessness before it begins
Advocates say Michiganâs $4 million ‘shelter diversion’ pilot program is keeping people off the streets by helping pay for rent, utilities, transportation and more. Is it time to take it statewide?…
Ontario election: Group urges voters to turn homeless crisis into key issue
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario. Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]