Tag: homelessness
Banning homeless camps? What a Supreme Court case could mean for Michigan | Bridge Michigan
Homelessness by the numbers It’s hard to know exactly how many people are homeless in Michigan. A recent estimate put the figure at around 32,589
South-end homeless hub ‘dead in the water’ but neighbours still on edge
White Oaks residents are mobilizing to fight a proposed homeless hub, before it even has the zoning needed to become one. City council’s planning and environment committee will consider an application to rezone 743 Wellington Rd. — formerly home to the London radio station AM 1290 — to permit emergency care establishments and clinics at […]
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.