According to the John Howard Society, which operates the site, 39 people have moved into permanent housing since Step Place opened on February 29, 2024.
After staying at Step Place for almost a year, Bryan Garson has been approved for a rent supplement through BC Housing and Interior Health.“I don’t feel homeless now because I have a key to my door,” Garson said. “It makes you feel human again.”“I don’t ever want to experience it again,” Garson told Global News.He was recently approved for a rent supplement through BC Housing and Interior Health and is now waiting to be connected to suitable housing.
Bacon cited individualized case management, employment and life skill development, mental health support and access to treatment among the programs offered at the site.It opened in May of 2024 and according to its operator, Turning Points Collaborative Society, 24 people have since secured some type of permanent housing.Parents are holding ‘measles parties’ in the U.S., alarming health experts
“People were languishing in shelters and we just needed to interrupt that,” said Bacon. “It can’t be that if you go into shelter, you are forever stuck in shelter and now we have changed that narrative.”
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