City of Williams Lake council declines temporary homeless option
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The City of Williams Lake has declined a local communities group call to provide short-term temporary housing for the City’s homeless population.
At a Committee of the Whole Council meeting late last month, Council received a presentation on behalf of several community groups advocating for action to provide temporary shelters (tents) for homeless people in Williams Lake.
They also requested that the City provide garbage bins and pick-up on this site and port-a-potties, fire pits and potentially snowplough access to the site.
The proposal was based on temporary housing that the community of Smithers had supplied its homeless population previously.