HRM in final stages of finalizing Dartmouth location for 1st round of modular housing units
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Halifax Regional Municipality is waiting on the province to commit to funding social supports for residents who will live in modular units.
The project lead for Halifax Regional Municipality’s emergency housing response is hopeful modular units will be up and running in Dartmouth within the next few weeks.
“We really are trying to engage with the population on the ground, both who are living there and those who are supporting them, to try and get the best resolution possible for those that are experiencing homelessness,” Halifax Regional Municipality homeless administrator Erica Fleck said.
Fleck says the municipality has spent $240,000 on 24 units to offer to be placed in Dartmouth and Halifax as an alternative to sleeping rough for people in need of emergency housing.
The funds are part of the $500,000 regional council approved for emergency housing measures to be developed for people who are forced to sleep in parks due to a lack of affordable housing options.
“We have clearly articulated and communicated with the province that this is what we’re doing but you will need to contract the wraparound services so that people are safe,” Fleck said.
Fleck says the municipality is still waiting on the province to respond to its request to contract service providers that can offer residents social and health supports.
“The last thing that HRM is going to do is to open up any type of structure and just leave people to be on their own because that’s not safe, and that’s not a better alternative for anybody,” Fleck said.
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