More unhoused people than ever 1 year after Halifax encampment evictions
Karabanow said last year’s evictions demonstrated the importance of an empathetic, trauma-informed approach when working with unhoused people, and it was clear there were some lessons learned.“Dates were much clearer this time around,” he said, referring to the clearing of Meagher Park.
“Moving someone from one place to another … there’s no stability that can be provided to folks that are really, really suffering,” said Karabanow.Halifax council approves plan for tent sites in 4 city parks amid housing crisisAs more and more people struggle with homelessness in the region, Karabanow described it as a “macro-economic crisis” – it took a long time to get to this point, so it will take a long time to fix.
“We’re coming out of one disaster, but we’re really experiencing a lack of investment and a lack of insight into all these systems over the past 20, 30 years, and we’re really seeing it emerge right now,” he said.‘One person on the street is one too many’
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