People who left Halifax encampment to stay in hotel rooms unexpectedly told to leave
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People experiencing homelessness who've been living in Dartmouth, N.S., hotel rooms booked by the municipality say they were unexpectedly told to move out Wednesday, leaving outreach workers scrambling to find other options.
Malcolm Kay had been staying at the Comfort Inn on Windmill Road in Dartmouth for the past week and thought his situation was "solid" until he could find his own place.
But on Tuesday, Kay said hotel staff told him and a few others they had to leave the next day.
"It's like, am I ever going to get to see my daughter again? Like, how am I going to start building up again?" Kay said Wednesday at Meagher Park in Halifax, where he planned to stay the night in an encampment on the property.
"I was trying to get things organized."
Kay said hotel staff were very kind, but told him the rooms had long been booked for other customers and were always going to be unavailable as of Sept.15.
Meagher Park, also called the People's Park by those living and volunteering there, has been the site of a growing tent and shelter encampment since last month when city staff and police forcibly evicted dozens of people from municipal land.
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