'We're just at a standstill': Housing crisis causing backlog in shelters, transitional housing

Organizations that work with people experiencing homelessness or exiting the criminal justice system say the high cost and low availability of rentals in Halifax means people can't move out of shelters or temporary housing, and new people can't move in.

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