City of Leduc passes motion to save ‘the Hub’ homeless shelter, but new home still needed
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After a lengthy meeting, Leduc City Council has approved a motion aiming to keep a facility that supports the homeless running in the community south of Edmonton.
After a lengthy meeting, Leduc City Council approved a motion Monday night aiming to keep a facility that supports the homeless running in the community south of Edmonton.
The Leduc Hub homeless and support centre, which locals refer to as “the Hub,” is facing closure. It started 15 years ago as an emergency shelter in the winter but has grown and evolved into a community centre.
Now, the space on 47th Street that has 10 emergency shelter beds and provides social services like meals and laundry is facing an uncertain future.
Its property lease is up later this year, and at the end of April so too is its provincial funding, which the Hub needs renewed in order to secure a new home.
“The triple threat we are under is that our permit is expiring, our lease is expiring and we haven’t found a place to move to yet,” said Brenda Reimer, board chair of the Leduc Hub Association.
Reimer said the current space doesn’t meet the organization’s needs so they’ve been looking for some time now to move.
She was one of the many people who attended a packed public hearing discussing the Hub on Monday night.
Leduc Mayor Bob Young said they heard from dozens of passionate speakers who were both for and against the shelter.
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