City of Regina 'task force' watching over Camp Marjorie as province works on housing
CBC
The City of Regina has created a task force to help those living at Camp Marjorie in Pepsi Park.
"The city doesn't endorse or support a tent city on public property. We do, however, have an obligation to keep people safe in the encampment, as well as the surrounding neighbourhoods," Mayor Sandra Masters told reporters after Wednesday's council meeting.
She added city administration has been meeting with the Ministry of Social Services since the end of August.
Tents were first erected in the downtown core last Friday. It was in preparation for a winter shelter for people dealing with homelessness in the wake of the new Saskatchewan Income Support program.
Under the new program, money for housing is going straight to the people using it rather than directly to landlords. Anti-poverty advocates say the change has led to unpaid rent and evictions.
Most recently, Masters noted, a task force was put together — made up of police officers, firefighters and members of the city's community services branch — to check in on those living in the tents.
She said officials from the ministry visited the camp on Wednesday.
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