Nanaimo city council narrowly passed a motion Monday night for city staff to investigate the cost of building a 100-person homeless shelter.
Posted: Feb. 28, 2023 6:49PMA divided Nanaimo city council has asked city staff to investigate building a 100-person homeless shelter.
“It’s born of frustration and a desire to act on the crisis that we’re facing,” said Coun. Erin Hemmens. “The resources aren’t coming from the province in the volume or at the pace that we need it to. That’s a fact, and we have 650 people living on the streets,” said Hemmens. “City of Nanaimo taxpayers have enough to foot when managing the essential services that municipalities have to deliver. The province has had six years, this new government, to deal with this issue.”“If we make investment easy for the province who is struggling just like we are to balance the budget and to serve all the needs that we have, then maybe that will increase our chances of getting funding,” said Hemmens.
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