Tag: homelessness
London-based study details true cost of poor health care for homeless
Almost 30,000 people across Canada in hospital last year were homeless, staying longer and costing more money than the average patient, a first-of-its-kind London-based study shows.
City council: thumbs up to free parking, thumbs down to SafeSpace
London’s COVID-era free parking promotion will make a partial return for the rest of the year. London city councillors voted 11-3 Tuesday to extend a free parking promotion via the Honk mobile app for the rest of 2024 at a cost of $300,000 from reserve funds. A $30,000 one-hour free parking pilot for two city […]
The shelter agency will ask city politicians at its strategic priorities and policy committee meeting Tuesday for the cash, as it needs to keep beds open at four city shelters until the end of July, s
London’s Ark Aid Street Mission is asking the city for an additional $687,000 so it can keep 120 emergency winter shelter beds open for two more months.
Letters to the Editor: April 3, 2024
Research too costly
25 beds added to Woodstock emergency overnight shelter for homeless
To address a growing homelessness population within its borders, Oxford County is doubling the number of emergency beds at a Woodstock overnight shelter.