A nearby resident of a Woodstock homeless encampment erected more than two years ago is “cautiously relieved” dismantling of the site is underway.
Flush with cash, London city council is set to debate whether to offer homeowners a break on sky-high property tax increases approved throughout this term or spend it supporting social and cultural programs. City hall has posted a nearly $60-million budget surplus this year and some politicians want to use roughly $17 million of the […]
City council's decision to end the scheduled service depots runs the risk of alienating homeless campers and increasing their desperation
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A yellow police line encircled the area after the sweep displaced about 14 people who had been living in tents among the trees near 11th and Division streets.
A heated discussion about the future of a homeless encampment near downtown London caused politicians to evacuate chambers and a woman to be barred from city hall.
Funding for homeless drop-in services at Ark Aid Street Mission will continue to flow, despite the ward councillor putting up an intense fight to halt it. In a 9-5 vote at a city council meeting Tuesday, councillors resurrected a motion quashed at a committee meeting in March to give $611,000 to the agency so it […]
Eighty-eight shelter beds, more mobile outreach to London’s homeless encampments but limited money for daytime drop-in spots. City politicians will debate two staff recommendations to address London’s homelessness crisis over the next year that include enhanced support for people living rough and 88 shelter beds, but limited funding for existing day programs. The two […]
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario. Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]
Amid a flurry of splashy pre-provincial election announcements, there's one that's landing with a relative thud in London, the city's miniscule share of $75 million in new shelter and affordable housing funding.
Oxford County found itself on the receiving end of Queen’s Park investments, including a new homeless hub and $700,000 for housing
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario calculated there were at least 1,400 homeless encampments in the province in 2023