City council to discuss homelessness action plan – StarPhoenix

January 30, 2017

If the City of Saskatoon doesn’t put it’s support behind a homelessness action plan, the number of people forced to live on the streets will continue to increase, says the executive director of the Saskatoon Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP).

Shaun Dyck is one of the authors of a homelessness action plan that is being shared with a city committee on Monday. While staff at SHIP will take the lead in implementing the plan, Dyck hopes the city will promise annual funding of $130,000 from its affordable housing reserve to support the organization’s efforts over a five-year period from May 1 to April 30, 2022.

In a report to city councillors, Saskatoon city administration said it supports such a move.

In implementing the action plan, SHIP and partners will study the homelessness problem in Saskatoon, develop programs to fill gaps in the system and work to ensure existing services are easily accessible and fully utilized.

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