The city created a protocol last year allowing encampments of limited size on public property, with a rule of five tents per encampment and a minimum distance from places such as highways, schools and daycares, as well as any private property
Hamilton is studying ways to provide sanctioned outdoor housing in the Southern Ontario city to alleviate a worsening homeless crisis that has surpassed the capacity of its shelter system, potentially through legal encampments or by building small cabins or tiny homes.last year allowing encampments of limited size on public property, with a rule of five tents per encampment and a minimum distance from places such as highways, schools and daycares, as well as any private property.
At the end of 2022, there were almost 1,600 homeless people in Hamilton, up from 1,024 in 2020, according to municipal data. Afrom Hamilton Homeless Mortality showed that at least 91 people died while experiencing homelessness in the city between 2021 and 2023. About half of Hamilton’s homeless population sleeps in parks, on sidewalks and in makeshift shelters, according to the city.
The mayor did not want to prescribe whether the outdoor shelter options should include expanded legal encampments or alternatives like previously proposed cabin communities from the“We need something that can be done quickly, that can be responsive to the concerns that we’ve heard from people who are unprepared or unable to go into an actual shelter,” she said. “Things like, being able to have their pets with them, having a place to put their stuff … privacy and security.
Historically, couples were usually split up. “The woman would go to a woman’s shelter and men would go to a men’s shelter,” he said. Now, many couples prefer to live in an encampment rather than be separated in the shelter system. The concept involves a site lined with cabins alongside counselling for addictions, mental health services and security. “It’s really very much a transition model to get people off the street into a little bit more safety, into healthier conditions,” he said.
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