Cape Breton non-profit challenges leaders to sleep in a tent and experience homelessness
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Rising costs and a lack of affordable housing are sending more people to the streets in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, according to some non-profit groups that work with people in need.
Rising costs and a lack of affordable housing are sending more people to the streets in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, according to some non-profit groups that work with people in need.
Patti McDonald, executive director of Town House, a non-profit that offers services to improve the lives of people in Glace Bay, N.S., is asking the public to take part in the “Wake-up Challenge.”
“We’re going to challenge people to make a donation and spend a night in a tent, rough, or in a car,” said McDonald.
The challenge comes after a heated municipal council meeting on Friday.
In an in-camera meeting Tuesday, council narrowly voted to effectively send the Rapid Housing Initiative money back to Ottawa, amid concerns that project proposals didn’t meet the necessary criteria.
That decision caused pushback from the public.
"I absolutely think all of them should resign,” said Erika Shea, president and CEO of New Dawn Enterprises, a community development corporation in Sydney. “They have failed the community.”
