More homeless women and their children will have to stay in hotels after a 36-bed women's shelter closed in Saskatoon, according to the executive director of an organization dedicated to reducing homelessness in the city. Shaun Dyck, the executive director of the Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP), believes funding shortfalls were a major factor. SHIP is an affordable housing advocacy group and the lead agency working to implement the Saskatoon Homeless Action Plan. Mumford House was one of the only places in Saskatoon where women and children could be housed together. Shaun Dyck is the executive director of the Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership.

Source: CBC News May 27, 2019 09:56 UTC