Halifax Shelters

• Another emergency shelter is opening in Halifax — this time, at the Forum

  A new emergency shelter is opening later this month at the Halifax Forum, the latest in a number of new shelters popping up as the region struggles with rising homelessness.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2024
  
• Demand soars for survival kits for those sleeping rough in Halifax

  Requests for kits to help people live outside amid the housing crunch are already high. Now, the region is searching for a supplier to deliver the equipment to keep up with demand.

  Canada

  May 25, 2023
  
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• ‘It’s given me a sense of peace’: Beacon House sets up micro shelters for temporary housing

  Beacon House has installed four micro shelters in Lower Sackville. For client, Melanie Jacquard, the help has been lifechanging.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2022
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• ‘Hotels are not homes’: 10 groups call on Halifax to stop removal of temporary shelters

  The group said that the city's eviction actions are legally suspect and that the province isn't offering permanent housing solutions.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2021
• ‘This isn’t the cure’: Halifax woman starts conversation about homelessness with unique giveaway

  Halifax resident Kaylah Gormley has the first Sheltersuit in Atlantic Canada and plans to give it away next week to someone in need of protection from the elements.

  Features

  Feb 12, 2021
• ‘Too brutal out there’: Atlantic Canada shelters respond to frigid temperatures

  As temperatures plummet across Canada, shelters in Atlantic Canada are working to protect some of the region's most vulnerable populations.

  Weather

  Dec 27, 2017