London homeless helpers understand city council’s desire to dismantle an encampment after a fire and propane tank explosion – they just wonder where residents will go. This week, a council committee backed Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister’s emergency motion to close the city-run service depot at the Watson Street Park encampment, and to have city […]
London city councillors have endorsed dismantling a homeless encampment and on-site service depot after a Sunday night fire and explosion at a park. Members of city council’s community and protective services committee unanimously backed an emergency motion at a Monday meeting to order city staff to help relocate 39 people living in the encampment at […]
Politicians and frontline agencies are applauding London's eleventh-hour move to open emergency warming spaces during this week's extreme cold snap, but all agree there has to be a better plan for the future.
London is ready to open an emergency reception centre to bring the city’s homeless out of the extreme cold for the night, the mayor says. Mayor Josh Morgan told The London Free Press Tuesday evening that if existing overnight shelter space is used up, including any new emergency space spurred by the extreme cold, the […]
Statistics from the first year suggest that highly supportive housing changes the lives of even the most troubled people living on London's streets and make the streets themselves safer for everyone.
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London councillors endorsed giving two agencies $269,000 so they can extend winter programs to help the homeless by two months
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Stop-gap funding could be heading to two homelessness organizations facing cuts in March, but they and several others will have the same problems come June.
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The first three months of new housing for the most vulnerable homeless Londoners have delivered "life-changing" results, the head of London Cares says. Read More
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A new homelessness system and extra short-term shelter beds have eased fears about the number of Londoners sleeping outside this winter, front-line leaders say. Read More
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London's homeless encampments are growing in size and structure, leaving workers and volunteers with more challenges in preventing fires, says an outreach leader. Read More
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Two dozen Londoners with years of living homeless will begin moving Thursday into a novel 25-unit affordable housing building that offers much more than nice rooms. Read More