Transitional Housing Is Critical, Newly-Housed Residents Say

Transitional housing is critical, newly-housed residents say

Belleville residents with lived experience of homelessness have told a city task force transitional housing and supports are vital in addressing the problem.

Belleville homelessness task force consults homeless

Belleville’s Understanding Homelessness Task Force heard from a trio of guest speakers who shared their lived experiences with homelessness during the Thursday meeting. Each guest had a different experience, both in how they became homeless and how their experience of homelessness progressed. One speaker became homeless while caring for her sick mother, being evicted when she was unable to pay for the needed medical supplies and rent. Her mother…