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Despite the multi-million dollar price tag, Grande Prairie Councillor Dylan Bressey says the upfront cost is worth the steep price tag in the end.
“We are spending a giant amount of taxpayer money on chronic homelessness, right now” Bressey said. “The city directly spends about $5-million a year for 202 people who are chronically homeless. That is about $25,000 per (resident of the city) per year.”
“The cost of homelessness to our community is huge,” Councillor Chris Thiessen added. “I would just like to stress I think we need to do this right. Using everybody’s opinions, facts and knowledge around this. I think we can come to a good solution that actually works for everybody, but we have to do it right.”
Update: Development plan for Coordinated Care Campus approved; landscape rendering unveiled
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