Tents on University Avenue as of Aug 1, 2024.
Halifax staff are in the process of creating a code of conduct for people sleeping rough at its six designated encampments to address problematic behaviour as concerns about safety from the people living in and around the sites persist.Halifax is in the process of creating a code of conduct for people living at the city's six designated encampments as concerns about safety from the people living in and around the sites persist.complained about physical altercations, drug use and harassment.
Brandon LeBlanc, a patient at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre who has limited mobility, had a violent encounter last month with someone living at the nearby encampment on University Avenue that's surrounded by health-care facilities. LeBlanc was taken to the emergency department with an injured shoulder. His wheelchair was also damaged.
"Some of them are all right, but you don't know which ones. They're all over the place and there's so many of them … I don't see how they can live like that," Mombourquette said. Jeff Karabanow is a professor at Dalhousie University and the co-director of the school of social work's community clinic. "There is a small element like in any population that is, you know, the word is that they can be exploitative. They can kind of make these encampments unsafe for the vast majority of people. And I think maybe a lot of the street workers are kind of seeing that element sometimes as well," he said.
"We know that encampments are just not safe spaces. And it's very difficult for people living in encampments, for neighbourhoods and communities."noted an estimated 20 to 25 per cent of homeless people across the country live in tent encampments. The report, titled Upholding Dignity and Human Rights, calls for a national response plan that ensures people in encampments have access to basic necessities by Aug. 31.
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