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Shortage of Christmas trees expected this holiday season. Bear breaks into California home, helps itself to some KFC. I just don't think that's appropriate," said Watts. In a partially wooded area in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, about a dozen people have set up tents and mobile campers east of where a similar camp was set up last summer.
Mayoral candidate Denis Coderre paid a visit to the encampment on Tuesday. He said there should be more permanent shelter space available. Coderre said he wants to reclassify some hotels that are suffering due to the pandemic as rooming houses which could serve as transition housing, suggesting that current deals the city has with some hotels could become permanent.
Plante said that of the social housing units she aimed to create, 80 per cent are already done. Montreal has shelter beds available, so why are people choosing to live in tents? Because of the pandemic, Viau and other street workers say, shelters can't be filled in the same way as they were before and some centres, like the Open Door, have been forced to close temporarily after an outbreak.
Shelters have also had to reduce the number of beds since the start of the pandemic to make sure social distancing is possible. The Old Brewery Mission, for example, had more than beds before the pandemic, but now has only The city has tried to make more space. Authorities also expanded the number of beds available at the old Royal Victoria Hospital to homeless people with COVID, and are planning to convert an arena near the Olympic Stadium into a temporary homeless shelter, as well.
Finally, she manages to secure two spots in shelters, but some nights it's impossible, says Viau. Earlier the same week, by just after 7 p. But putting people based downtown into shelters far from their neighbourhood is not ideal, Viau says, because it displaces vulnerable people from the resources they normally use. Viau finds six people at Bonaventure station, but only one wants to come on board — with some hesitation. I think it's more dangerous. We have no door, like people have a door.
It's hard for us," said one woman, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Sarah. Another man, who asked to be identified only as Thierry, said that although the weather is mild, he is worried about when it gets colder and he has nowhere to go, especially given the shelters are accepting fewer people due to the pandemic.
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