As city council settled Edmonton s four-year budget and his first year in office ends, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is looking toward 2023 and building on relationships with the provincial government, the city s police commission, and regional transit partners.
Alberta’s homelessness action plan will make an immediate difference in the lives of people experiencing homelessness in the province by taking a coordinated approach to providing supports and investing an additional $63 million to reduce homelessness over the next two years.
Several dozen apartment units in two new supportive housing complexes remain vacant, while a local housing agency figures out how to run them without extra funds.
Alberta has the highest prevalence among Canada s provinces of households that can t adequately afford food, according to new food insecurity research.