Posted: Dec 14, 2020 3:37 PM AT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020
There were just shy of 500 homeless people in Halifax last week, according to the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia. (David Donnelly/CBC)
Two Halifax non-profits are preparing to open 40 new beds by the end of this month for people experiencing homelessness, making up for what was lost earlier this year because of COVID-19 restrictions.
In the city's north end, the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre will offer 25 beds designated for Indigenous men and women.
Executive director Pam Glode Desrochers said if ever there's an empty bed and a non-Indigenous person needs it, they won't be turned away — but she doesn't expect that to happen any time soon.