'They live in panic': Halifax serves eviction notices to residents at University Avenue encampment
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As temperatures cool down, the Halifax Regional Municipality is serving eviction notices to residents at one of the city’s larger tent encampments.
As temperatures cool down, the Halifax Regional Municipality is serving eviction notices to residents at one of the city’s larger tent encampments.
HRM says it’s de-designating the space, which is currently home to 26 tents, on University Avenue due to snow-clearing safety concerns.
The municipality says the equipment used for snow removal in the winter works close to the University Avenue green space, making it unsafe for people sheltering in the area.
“In advance of the winter weather, municipal staff are providing people sleeping rough with notices to leave the University Avenue green space,” said HRM in a news release Tuesday.
HRM says people who are staying at the site must gather all their belongings, including tents, and leave the area by 5 p.m. on Nov. 1.
City staff delivered eviction notices to residents Tuesday morning.
