London, Ont. golf courses to play a part in city’s $1.9M winter response to homelessness
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The City of London is looking at using underused spaces in this year's Winter Response Program to address the issue of homelessness in the colder months.
The City of London is looking at using under-used spaces in this year’s Winter Response Program to address the issue of homelessness in the colder months.
Civic administration is proposing a three-part approach for the 2021 to 2022 response, which would be a mix of short-term drop-in spaces for up to eight hours, stabilization spaces allowing for a stay of one to three days, and long-term winter shelter options allowing for stays up to four months.
City staff say this three-pronged approach will allow for a more tailored services for Londoners in vulnerable situations around homelessness and make use of temporarily under-used city assets.
This year’s plan call for discreet winter shelters set up at the city’s River Road and Fanshawe golf courses, in addition to the ongoing use of hotel rooms being used for the city’s pandemic response.
The Fanshawe Golf Course is expected to run until Mar. 1, 2022, with the rest of the city’s winter repose programs expected to last until the end of March 2022.
“The resounding feedback was, ‘I want a space where I can feel like I can stay, where I’m not in the watchful eye of the public all the time, and I can grow a sense of community with the people that are living there with me and the staff that are providing supports,’ and we think this has the ability to achieve that,” said Kevin Dickins, managing director of housing, social services and Dearness Home.
“We feel that these locations, although remote, will not lack services. Services will be available on-site or to come on-site, transportation will be available back into the core of the community, but we also know that the core is a hot spot right now and that people are not necessarily getting services in the core.”
The site at River Road will be run at Atlohsa Family Healing Services and will be for those who identify as Indigenous, with a focus on reconnecting with the land, their culture and home.
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