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Some Saskatoon residents question the proposed location for a new homeless shelter
Residents who live near the proposed site of a new homeless shelter in Saskatoon are raising concerns about the project. The city recently announced a permanent, 60-bed shelter is slated to be built on 31st Street E., just off Idylwyld Drive. The provincial government, which will be funding part of the development, finalized the decision to build the shelter there, based on a recommendation from the city. Ty Johnston lives in the neighbourhood next to the proposed new shelter site and is the communications coordinator for the Caswell Hill Community Association. He said the location was chosen without consultation with the association. "Regrettably, we don't have any legal recourse because the project doesn't affect any zoning laws and technically it falls outside of our neighbourhood boundary, although Caswell will obviously be the most impacted neighborhood." He said the community has raised some issues with the city and is still waiting to get some answers. The association is concerned about safety, security, health and wellness supports and longer-term solutions among other things. "We truthfully still have more questions than answers," Johnston said. Lesley Anderson, director of planning and development with the City of Saskatoon, said that they're working through feedback from the neighbourhood. "We've been working through this jointly with the province," Anderson said. "It will transition to the province leading the majority of the work regarding the construction and progress on that." The new shelter will be operated by the Mustard Seed, a Calgary-based, Christian, non-profit organization that operates in seven cities across Western Canada. It currently runs the temporary shelter on Pacific Avenue, which opened in April and will be replaced by the new shelter. According to city officials, there was no community consultation prior to the location recommendation being made to the province due to the sheer amount of sites being considered. However, some residents such as Joanna Latimer, who has lived in Caswell Hill for 15 years, believe that the province shouldn't have the final say on such matters. "Why are we not able to vote on this?" she asked. "Maybe the city should stop recommending sites that already have three homeless shelters … The city of Saskatoon does not just have a homeless population issue on the west side. There's also homeless people on the east side." The number of homeless people in Saskatoon has been increasing. A point-in-time count on Oct. 8, 2024, identified 1,499 people experiencing homelessness, nearly three times higher than the previous count in 2022, which identified 550. The city is working on developing a Saskatoon Homelessness Action Plan, which passed the committee stage last month and is expected to be considered for approval this fall. Brent Trask, the chief impact officer for the Mustard Seed, oversees all shelters, food services and housing programs for the organization. "We will be happy to serve wherever the city and the province and the citizens agree that would be appropriate," Trask said. "I think it's normal to have the service provider involved in community engagement in advance and we're definitely doing that."
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