Project gives homeless a place to call home
Nadine Green is worried about David Fitzpatrick. She hasn’t seen him in days and hopes fentanyl hasn’t killed him.
He says his drug use and erratic behaviour led his wife to kick him out of their home. He still lives through bouts of depression and misses his three young sons. But at the cluster of cabins in Kitchener, the 32-year-old doesn’t feel as broken. Many of the cabins have been modified by their residents. Some have small porches, others are painted bright colours. Music pipes through speakers in some homes.
“We let people live their lives,” says Green. “I love them all, even the bad ones, and we are hugging the wicked out of them.” A Better Tent City was the brainchild of Ron Doyle, a wealthy industrialist, and Jeff Willmer, the former chief administrative officer for Kitchener. Doyle died in March. When his estate sold off the lot hosting A Better Tent City, the project had to find a new home. This time, local government got involved.Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic says he’s become a big proponent of the project.
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