First major Canadian city to adopt 10-year U.S. presidential strategy reports 11.4 per cent drop in street people since 2008
For the first time in two decades, the number of people living on Calgary streets has dropped, a stunning turnaround for a city - once dubbed “bum heaven” - that has officials crediting an ambitious 10-year strategy to end homelessness.
More than 30 volunteers—equipped with blankets, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and scarves—fanned out through Cambridge and Somerville at 2 a.m. Thursday morning to carry out the annual Cambridge Homeless Census, a count that Congress mandates that local homeless service organizations conduct in order to receive funding.
Although the official numbers have not been released yet, officials involved in the count speculated that this year’s number will be larger than in years past.
