Homelessness expert sees local opportunities to help those in limbo

A York University professor and director of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness was in Edmonton to give a lecture Thursday on prevention-based strategies to end homelessness.
Stephen Gaetz had high praise for the work already underway here, including the Housing First strategy where jobs, addictions counselling and mental-health treatment are not prerequisites for housing, but highlighted areas of improvement necessary if the city is to achieve its goal of ending homelessness entirely.