Residents at Halifax encampments begin leaving as municipality's deadline approaches
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Homeless advocate Stephen Wilsack does a daily tent count at Halifax’s Grand Parade encampment.
Homeless advocate Stephen Wilsack does a daily tent count at Halifax’s Grand Parade encampment.
“What we’re seeing at Grand Parade is a few individuals have chosen for relocation,” he says.
At its peak, there were 33 tents. On Monday, he counted 24 and stopped. That’s five less than the day before.
“There are a couple individuals that found an apartment, and there are a couple individuals who were able to get into a drug treatment program,” says Wilsack.
Monday was the 87th day since the more durable red fishing tents were brought into the encampment outside city hall. For some who have been there for that duration, moving is going to be difficult.
“We had one resident, they were notified that they had a spot to go, but their mental well-being wasn’t prepared to do that,” Wilsack says.
Still, there’s progress as the city’s deadline for leaving encampments is now just two weeks away.
