Советник Марк Кинг предложил выделить 750 тысяч долларов на переходное жилье для бывших заключенных

Coun. Mark King makes $750,000 pitch to house people leaving jail Article content People leaving jail are pushed onto the street and end up in the shelter system, says Councillor Mark King who is calling on the province to provide funding for transitional housing to help former inmates. “People are being released out of jail and just shoved on the street,” he told The Nugget Tuesday. “There is no real plan to figure out how they actually end up back in society. They end up in these low barrier shelters and that creates a problem.” Recommended Videos King said he recently returned from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa where he made a $750,000 pitch to Ontario’s Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Graydon Smith. “Our presentation revolved around providing transitional housing somewhere in the city, earmarking $750,000 for people actually coming out of jail,” he said. “So they don’t end up back on the street, reoffending and end up back in the system.” King said a location hasn’t been determined at this time. But for the time being the extra trailers at the Low Barrier Shelter on Chippewa Street will hopefully address the demand for emergency shelter. He said trailers will be a tremendous help for the overflow and the additional people they’re seeing at the door in need of help. “When you start to look at the numbers being supported, we’re running at almost twice the capacity,” King said.