Tag: homelessness
Letters to the Editor: December 20, 2023
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Homelessness, poverty top concern by far of Londoners: Survey
Ahead of a tough budget cycle coming at London city hall, a new survey of Londoners suggests the homeless crisis dwarfs all other issues and many would rather see taxes hiked than services cut. City council’s strategic priorities and policy committee will receive the city’s draft 2024-27 budget at a meeting early next week. Budget […]
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 […]