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Northeast residents upset over plan to move homeless into former hotel

The Quality Inn was purchased by the Drop-In Centre;with the intention of moving residents from the downtown shelter into the 117 rooms.
The Quality Inn was purchased by the Drop-In Centre;with the intention of moving residents from the downtown shelter into the 117 rooms. Global News

CALGARY- Residents of Thorncliffe have another chance to sound off about a controversial project, at an open house scheduled for Thursday night.

It concerns a plan to turn a former hotel along Edmonton Trail and McKnight Blvd. N.E. into an affordable housing project to house the working poor.

The Quality Inn was purchased by the Drop-In Centre nearly a year ago, with the intention of moving residents from the downtown shelter into the 117 rooms by June 2012. However, the idea was met with resistance from community members.

The open house gets underway at the former hotel at 7 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m.

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