City homeless
April 8, 2025
Over the past year, the issues which those who suffer homelessness has greatly increased. The attitude of this City council has been disgraceful and very unacceptable. My manager from the building which I clean, asked the City. Their answer was very disturbing. “We rather do nothing because we do not want these people to feel comfortable.”
There are 75 homeless people here in Camrose. This is a municipal election year, which means we, as Camrose citizens, should make this an election issue. Landlords and businesses have spent thousands of dollars to keep their customers/tenants safe. The response from the City Police has been to chase these people out of these areas and telling them to keep moving. This is a real moral concern for our community.
We need a homeless shelter, but most importantly, we need more affordable housing. The rentals are getting ridiculous and most of us have to have three jobs just to get by. In June, my rent is going up again. The cost of living has gone up, while our wages have not caught up with the cost of living. If this keeps up, we might all be homeless. I do wonder what the City would do about that if this did happen.
Lorne Vanderwoude,
Camrose
Over the past year, the issues which those who suffer homelessness has greatly increased. The attitude of this City council has been disgraceful and very unacceptable. My manager from the building which I clean, asked the City. Their answer was very disturbing. “We rather do nothing because we do not want these people to feel comfortable.”
There are 75 homeless people here in Camrose. This is a municipal election year, which means we, as Camrose citizens, should make this an election issue. Landlords and businesses have spent thousands of dollars to keep their customers/tenants safe. The response from the City Police has been to chase these people out of these areas and telling them to keep moving. This is a real moral concern for our community.
We need a homeless shelter, but most importantly, we need more affordable housing. The rentals are getting ridiculous and most of us have to have three jobs just to get by. In June, my rent is going up again. The cost of living has gone up, while our wages have not caught up with the cost of living. If this keeps up, we might all be homeless. I do wonder what the City would do about that if this did happen.
Lorne Vanderwoude,
Camrose