Emergency Housing

• Unhoused people living in Halifax parks brace for first major snow storm

  The municipality has opened an emergency shelter for the duration of Wednesday night's snow storm.

  Features

  Dec 8, 2021
  
• HRM in final stages of finalizing Dartmouth location for 1st round of modular housing units

  Halifax Regional Municipality is waiting on the province to commit to funding social supports for residents who will live in modular units.

  Politics

  Oct 7, 2021
  
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• Halifax’s Out of the Cold shelter set to open in larger space, new location

  The low-barrier winter shelter is set to open on Dec. 12. It will offer a larger space for people in need of refuge from the cold.

  Health

  Dec 8, 2020
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• Ottawa mayor ‘optimistic’ city will get federal cash for strained emergency shelters

  Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has asked the federal government for about $11 million to deal with rising pressures on the city's emergency housing system.

  Politics

  Jan 28, 2019
• Some emergency Alberta government housing ‘just like a Third World country’

  A recent police investigation found the conditions in some motels and hotels being used as emergency housing for vulnerable Alberta families were shocking.

  Investigations

  May 21, 2015