A brand new emergency shelter is opening later this month on the Halifax Discussion board, the newest in plenty of new shelters popping up because the area struggles with rising homelessness.
In a joint launch Monday, the Nova Scotia authorities and Halifax Regional Municipality stated the brand new shelter at 6210 Younger Road — the multi-purpose centre on the Halifax Discussion board — will open Monday, Jan. 22. It can function 24 hours a day, seven days per week, till Aug. 31.
The shelter will begin with 50 beds: 35 for males and 15 for ladies. It could actually add capability based mostly on neighborhood want and excessive climate occasions, the discharge stated.
“Capability will improve to 70 over the approaching weeks, with the shelter providing privateness, showers and storage for individuals staying there,” it stated.
The province is paying $3 million for operational and workers prices, in addition to meals and wraparound companies from 902 Man Up. Halifax is offering the power freed from cost and can set up a brief bathe trailer for individuals staying on the shelter to make use of.
Throughout a information convention Monday, Halifax Mayor Mike Savage acknowledged the shelter is a brief resolution.
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“We’re not going to have zero homelessness in yr by August, however there’s plenty of initiatives which might be underway,” he advised reporters.
These initiatives embody 200 Pallet shelters, 100 of which shall be in Halifax — although when they are going to be up and operating is nonetheless unclear.
With the brand new beds on the Discussion board, there at the moment are a complete of 355 shelter beds throughout the municipality and 493 shelter beds throughout the province.
Numerous new shelters have opened throughout the municipality in current months because the variety of unhoused individuals continues to rise. In accordance with the newest numbers from the Reasonably priced Housing Affiliation of Nova Scotia, there have been 1,094 actively homeless individuals in Halifax as of Jan. 2.
Listed here are a few of the different shelters and housing choices which have opened throughout the final yr.
- Former St. Paul Church, 197-199 Windmill Rd., Dartmouth: Opened in mid-November 2023. This shelter with 50 beds and the capability so as to add extra. It can function 24 hours a day, seven days per week till Could 2026.
- Former Waverley Inn, 1266 Barrington St., Halifax: Opened in December 2023. Offers long-term supportive housing choices for 32 ladies and gender-diverse individuals.
- The Bridge, former Doubletree by Hilton, 101 Wyse Rd., Dartmouth: Opened in spring 2023. The most important shelter of its variety in HRM with a complete of 190 rooms out there. Consists of housing for people who find themselves discharged from hospitals however nonetheless require a mattress and care. Consists of an on-site clinic.
The province can also be working to construct a rent-geared-to-income tiny house neighborhood within the Halifax space. There shall be 52 models constructed on surplus land owned by the municipality on Cobequid Highway in Decrease Sackville, which is able to present housing for about 62 individuals. It’s anticipated to be accomplished within the fall.
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