How a Small Canadian City Took on Chronic Homelessness
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Last year, Alberta’s Medicine Hat announced that it had become the first city in Canada to reach functional zero chronic homelessness.
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ending homelessness - Pallet Shelter
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Stories tagged 'Homelessness
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How a Small Canadian City Took on Chronic Homelessness
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Homeless people need priority for vaccines, shelter staff say
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She became homeless in her 60s. Here's why her story's becoming all-too common in Toronto : r/canada
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Punitive Measures Worsen the Homelessness Crisis. We Must Guarantee Housing.
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A portrait of Canadians who have been homeless
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Infrastructure Canada - Homelessness data snapshot: Analysis of chronic homelessness among shelter users in Canada 2017 - 2021
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How This Texas City Ended Veteran and Chronic Homelessness
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Medicine Hat says it ended homelessness a year ago, but it didn't last long
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