have prompted the provincial government to open shelters and temporary supportive housing throughout the province in the hope that the "housing first" model will address some of the struggles faced by the province's homeless population. "If you don't put the mental health and the addiction treatment services with it you essentially don't do anybody any good." Housing Minister Selina Robinson agrees more supports need to be put in place for vulnerable people accessing housing, and added that more housing needs to be made available. "Sometimes people will see police cars coming to supportive housing and they'll somehow think that that's crime related," Robinson said. We need communities to wrap their arms around these folks."

Source: CBC News July 21, 2020 01:41 UTC