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Several modular trailers have been set up beside the former Sands Hotel, just off Fort Road, where NiGiNan Housing Ventures is creating permanent supportive housing.
The city of Edmonton welcomes the federal government’s pledge of $1.5 billion for housing projects outlined in the federal budget, although it’s not known how much the Alberta capital city will receive.
The fate of more than 300 Edmonton apartments for people transitioning from chronic homelessness is in limbo since the Alberta government didn’t include money in its recent budget to run new permanent support housing projects.