Edmonton can end chronic homelessness by 2020 despite setbacks, says Homeward Trust boss

Edmonton built only 25 units of housing for the chronically homeless last year.
Officials believe the city still needs 916 units and, on Friday, the community mourned 107 people whose lives were cut short in 2017 in part because of inadequate or no housing.
Susan McGee, executive director of Homeward Trust, has been shepherding Edmonton’s plan to end homelessness for nearly 10 years. Reporter Elise Stolte sat down with her ahead of the memorial.
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