Board approves permanent use of former Jamaica Plain hotel as a homeless shelter

Port Hawkesbury Town Council and Leeside Society Discuss Options on Building a Campus that includes an Emergency Shelter, Second Stage Housing, and Resource Centre and Offices

Port Hawkesbury Town Council will continue to meet with the supporters of the Leeside Supportive Housing Initiative. During last night’s monthly public meeting, Susan Noble, Board Chair of the Leeside Society, said they are looking at purchasing 23 acres of town land on Tamarac Drive to build a campus. With the campus, she said they can place all their services in one area, such as a transition house and emergency shelter, a resource centre with…

Kingston - City Council Approves Property Purchase for Temporary Emergency Shelter Operations

The City of Kingston is committed to evolving emergency shelter and transitional or supportive housing services to better support people in the community who are experiencing or at risk of homelessnes. . .

Board approves permanent use of former Jamaica Plain hotel as a homeless shelter

The Zoning Board of Appeal today formally approved the conversion of the former EnVision Hotel, 81 South Huntington Ave. in Jamaica Plain, into a homeless shelter, something it's actually been used as since 2021. Today's 6-1 vote legalizes Victory Programs's use of the building for a shelter for up to 55 people, by changing the building's official designation from hotel to homeless shelter. Victory purchased the building in December for $15.8 mi…