Tag: homelessness
Asylum seekers adding pressure to London shelters, aid needed: Politicians
One city councillor, with the support of London’s mayor, is looking for their colleagues’ political support to lobby the provincial and federal governments for funding to address an influx of asylum seekers. A motion from Ward 7 Coun. Corrine Rahman and Mayor Josh Morgan goes into detail describing the pressure on the city’s emergency shelter […]
Housed and hopeful: One woman’s path to London’s new homeless system
The one time in the past 10 years Brittany had a home, she turned the apartment unit into a trap house – a place for selling and using drugs and selling sex. After so many years living on the street and battling addiction and declining health, four walls and a roof over her head weren’t […]
Letters to the Editor: November 4, 2023
Investment in peril
A nearly $1.7 million ask from downtown businesses for city money to cope with homelessness may get some tough questions from city politicians, said deputy mayor Shawn Le
A recommendation for the city to give $1.7 million to businesses in downtown London and Old East Village to cope with homelessness may get some tough questions from city politicians, London’s deputy mayor says. If the London downtown business association and Old East Village business improvement area (BIA) get cash, the Argyle and Hamilton Road […]
St. Thomas forum puts faces to homelessness
Why give pocket change to someone living on the street, if they’re only going to spend it on drugs or alcohol? Answer: Because for whatever they need in the moment, it just might provide some temporary relief.