Red Deer getting $7 million for 24/7 homeless shelter
Red Deer is getting a $7 million 24/7 emergency homeless shelter.
Minister of Community and Social Services Irfan Sabir was in town on Thursday to make the announcement alongside local MLAs Kim Schreiner and Barb Miller, as well as Mayor Tara Veer.
The facility will have 120 beds and offer wrap-around supports for the city’s most vulnerable, which when they were last counted in early 2018, numbered 144 people.
“We heard loud and clear that Red Deer urgently needs more shelter space and support to meet the needs of the community’s most vulnerable citizens,” Sabir said at City Hall. “That’s why we are stepping up and providing the funding to get this underway. This funding is a first step, and we’ll continue to work with the city and community partners to address issues that matter to Red Deer.”