Edmonton Homeless Community

• Edmonton youth group extends helping hand and homecooked meal to homeless

  The Gathering Angels youth group prepared a warm, home made traditional Lebanese meal for members of Edmonton's homeless community Sunday.

  Features

  Nov 27, 2022
  
• Federal government invests $24M on new affordable housing in southwest Edmonton

  Construction is underway on a six-storey low-rise apartment building in southwest Edmonton which will soon offer more than 100 affordable housing units to those in need.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2022
  
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• City aims to improve safety after 4 fire-related deaths in Edmonton’s homeless community

  The City of Edmonton is working to increase safety for the city's most vulnerable following the fire-related deaths of four people experiencing homelessness.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2021
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• Homeless camp fire renews Edmonton councillor’s call for supportive housing

  No one was injured when fire erupted Tuesday night in Louise McKinney Park in a makeshift homeless camp. An explosion erupted in among tarps, tents, shopping carts and other debris. A wooden staircase was damaged.

  Health

  May 7, 2020
• Council to consider new temporary housing type for Edmonton’s homeless

  City council will review a new plan to help with homelessness on Dec. 4. The idea is to create a safe place to keep the homeless that is more than a shelter, but something that is temporary until they can get into a place they can call their own.

  Politics

  Nov 22, 2019
• Yards for Hope sets new donation record for Edmonton’s homeless community

  Yards for Hope raises funds and awareness for Hope Mission, an inner-city shelter that provides meals, a warm place to sleep and other essential services for the Edmonton's homeless community.

  Features

  Oct 9, 2019
• Edmonton homelessness event aims to build relationships, lift participants out of poverty

  Roughly 1,200 people were expected at the Sunday event; approximately 1,700 people attend the same event in the fall.

  Canada

  May 5, 2019
• 486 sleep homeless in Edmonton river valley while shelter beds go unused

  A new report looking into the numbers of homeless who camp in Edmonton's river valley says many are male, Indigenous and between the ages of 25 to 44, and would prefer to be there than in shelter beds that go empty on a nightly basis.

  Health

  May 2, 2019
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• Litter from Edmonton homeless encampments an ongoing issue, say residents, city staff

  The City of Edmonton said crews have cleaned up 2,800 homeless encampments since last year.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2019