With Halifax’s deadline for residents to leave five homeless encampments just one week away, stress is growing among unhoused residents and volunteers.
People living in a downtown Halifax encampment say they feel safer sleeping in tents rather than a newly opened shelter that one unhoused resident says is 'like a jail.'
During Tuesday's council meeting, Coun. Waye Mason pleaded with other councillors, noting that dozens of tents are sitting in encampments in his downtown district.
On Aug. 18, 2021, a downtown Halifax homeless encampment was razed and a largely peaceful protest took a rough turn. Two years later, there are more tents than ever.