Unhoused campers in Kingston, Ont. worry about eviction from ICH encampment
Global News
The City of Kingston set March 21 as the date that unhoused campers around the Integrated Care Hub needed to leave the encampment, but if and where they'll go remains to be seen.
Nikki Lavigne says her tent and belongings are usually set up behind this tarp near the integrated care hub, but currently, everything is packed up, just in case she’s told by the City of Kingston, Ont., she has to leave.
“We’re stuck in limbo,” Lavigne says.
Kingston mayor Bryan Paterson says the city has introduced shelter options that work for everyone.
“If they have a pet, if they’re a couple or if they need mental health supports or for those that are using substances, they’re not going to be turned away at a shelter.”
The city has recently created more than 50 low-barrier shelter beds, but advocates say it’s still not enough.
While a number of the new spaces do allow individuals with addiction issues to stay, they can’t use substances while there and would still have to travel back and forth to the ICH’s safe consumption site, which Trellis HIV community center executive director Gilles Charette says isn’t practical.
“These are the individuals who tend to be in encampments because the spaces that are available often don’t have the policies and practices to welcome them into their spaces.”
Advocates for the unhoused say the new spaces don’t seem to be enough.
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