Documents obtained by CBC News show shelter clients have repeatedly complained about lack of food, safety and sanitation in for-profit rooming houses across St. John's.
Six rooming houses in St. John's operate as a last resort shelter for people experiencing homelessness. At this one, on Cookstown Road, a tenant was allegedly killed by a man staying at the shelter late last year.
In the emails provided to CBC, one shelter client said they were unable to attend work for three days because they couldn't access the laundry room to clean their clothes. A client who was served "sour" hotdogs for supper told N.L. Housing that they were too afraid to tell the shelter operator about the spoiled food for fear of being kicked out into the street. Others said they were given Pizza Pockets for breakfast, and one person said an egg sandwich they'd been provided was "green."
He wasn't a client at the shelter, which has since closed, but locals told CBC at the time they'd witnessed several fights and assaults outside its doors., says Doug Pawson, head of End Homelessness St. John's — but nothing was ever done. "It's not really good for folks' quality of life. And I think if we don't have enough services for people, we're just going to see this cycle continue."Unlike a public shelter, private rooming houses aren't staffed or supervised. Nobody's there regularly checking in.
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