One of the Vernon mayoralty candidates says he has some new ideas of how the city can deal with the homelessness issue.
Erik Olesen will hold a townhall meeting Wednesday night (Sept 26th) at the Schubert Centre, focusing mostly on that issue, along with addictions and housing.
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He said he’s talked with the mayor of Medicine Hat Alberta, which he says is the only Canadian city known to be homelessness-free.
“with all this information I’m getting — between having conversations with ministers and the mayor of Medicine Hat — I’m coming up with a plan that I would like to present, get some public input, see how the public’s feeling about it,” Olesen said.
Medicine Hat has been homelessness-free for three years, using a housing-first strategy.