Halifax opens two new designated sites for people experiencing homelessness

Halifax Regional Municipality is opening 2 caller designated sites to accommodate nan increasing number of group sleeping rough.

Cogswell Park successful central Halifax and nan Geary Street greenish abstraction crossed nan harbour successful Dartmouth are among nan 9 charismatic spots for bum encampments nan metropolis approved July 9.

Halifax says decisions to unfastened nan different 7 sites will beryllium shared publicly, on pinch nan circumstantial area wherever group will beryllium permitted to transportation tents.

A news merchandise from nan metropolis says nan caller encampment sites will see portable toilets, bottled h2o distribution, and seasonal maintenance.

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The metropolis says outreach workers are successful interaction pinch group surviving astatine non-designated encampment sites to thief them move to nan charismatic locations.

There are a full of six designated sites for bum group that are unfastened successful the Halifax area.

On July 23, nan database that tracks group experiencing homelessness in Halifax counts 2,763 people.