Halifax council approves 9 new sites for homeless encampments

Halifax councillors have approved a list of parks where new designated homeless encampments could go, because the handful of current sites are overcrowded and only hold about half of the 150 people sleeping rough in the city.

Halifax council approves 9 new sites for homeless encampments
A man in a red ball hat and white tee shirt walks away from the camera down a white path through grass. Two people are seen in the distance standing near red and blue tents

Halifax councillors have approved a list of parks where new designated homeless encampments could go, because the handful of current sites are overcrowded and only hold about half of the 150 people sleeping rough in the city.