Housing advocates call for an end to evictions in Halifax cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On July 6, a one-week deadline of July 13 was given for residents “to remove the shelters failing which, the sheds, and any personal items contained within the shelters, will be removed by the municipality on or shortly after this date without further notice.” On July 9, the city took down three of these crisis shelters, four days before the threatened deadline. Besides Savage saying HRM isn’t going to “force people out,” at least not “right away,” the city hasn’t stated whether these shelters are at risk now that the deadline has passed. Hotel rooms are being offered to people as an alternative to living in shelters in public parks. On June 17, downtown Halifax councillor Waye Mason tweeted that he believes “the province has adequate shelter for all the folks living rough right now, and hotel rooms as a very temporary measure for folks heading into an apartment via Housing First.” The city has continued to present this as an option to crisis
Slideshow of scenes from Trinity Bellwoods Park. Halifax’s housing crisis and official discomfort over the visible homeless population is not unique. In Toronto, at Trinity Bellwoods Park, a police and bylaw officer presence on June 22 forced nearly 25 people to leave their temporary homes and shelters in the park. The eviction included pepper spray and at least three arrests, and made national headlines. Backlash against the city continues after mayor John Tory installed a fence to permanently block residents from returning to the park. In Halifax, the municipality has set a similar deadline for at least 11 Halifax residents to dismantle and abandon their crisis shelters or “sheds” in various public parks by Tuesday.
HALIFAX Liam Donnelly rushed to carry away his belongings Saturday morning as the tiny temporary shelter where had been living since April was being torn down by Halifax Mutual Aid, the group that built his and13 other shelters throughout Halifax. Thursday afternoon, Donnelly had moved into a hotel room paid for by the province after the Halifax Regional Municipality gave ultimatums to the people living in the shelters, and Halifax Mutual Aid to either remove or vacate the structures by July 13 or the city would take matters in its own hands. I signed the papers with Shelter Nova Scotia and I don’t know what went on after that, but by this morning there’s people here removing my stuff while they think I’m at a hotel, Donnelly said.
More tiny temporary shelters removed in Halifax, but this time by the group that put them up atlantic.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from atlantic.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.