Halifax volunteers latest group to erect tiny shelters for homeless living in tents
by Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press
Posted Jan 25, 2021 3:27 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 25, 2021 at 3:28 pm EDT
Andrew Goodsell, carrying some donated food he was sharing with friends, heads from his shelter in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Two structures were built by an advocacy group on Halifax Regional Municipality land as a stopgap measure to deal with the crisis of people living on the street. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
HALIFAX A group of Halifax volunteers have become the latest Canadians to begin erecting tiny shelters for the homeless, with two wooden structures going up recently in a gentrifying section of the city’s waterfront.
Michael Tutton
Andrew Goodsell, carrying some donated food he was sharing with friends, heads from his shelter in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Two structures were built by an advocacy group on Halifax Regional Municipality land as a stopgap measure to deal with the crisis of people living on the street. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan January 26, 2021 - 11:19 AM
HALIFAX - A group of Halifax volunteers have become the latest Canadians to begin erecting tiny shelters for the homeless, with two wooden structures going up recently in a gentrifying section of the city s waterfront.
Halifax Mutual Aid built the pair of insulated structures amid a cluster of trees on city land in Dartmouth over the past two weekends.
A Dartmouth shed keeps this man off the streets. Some still want it torn down
After living under an overpass and in a stand of trees with a plastic bag or a tent for shelter, Paul now has a roof over his head thanks to some volunteers. Neighbours, concerned about property values, want the city to demolish the rudimentary shed that sits on municipal land. But the city says that s not happening.
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