6 Things You Need to Know About Homelessness
We had some record-breaking cold temperatures in Edmonton during November. As I was out walking, in -27C weather, without a hat, I tried to imagine —without success— how a homeless person would survive in that kind of cold.
As Canada’s largest non-governmental provider of social service, The Salvation Army operates 50 shelter and hostel programs throughout the country, providing over one-third of all shelter beds in Canada each night for those without an alternative place to sleep.
- Homelessness becomes a life-or-death issue in Winter
- Homelessness is a growing problem in Canada
- More and more families across Canada are without a permanent place to live
- A key cause of homelessness is the shrinking market of affordable housing
- Most homeless people are dealing with more than one life issue and do not “choose” be homeless
- Private charitable support is critical to sufficiently combat the problem
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