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The city has been asked to provide a parcel of land for homeless residents to camp on this summer.

Kate Mechan, the executive director of the Safe at Home Society, made the appeal during Monday evening鈥檚 standing committees meeting.

Some local residents are suffering the 鈥渋ntersecting crises鈥� of violence, opioids use and homelessness, she told city council members.

She estimates there are 228 people in 91社区破解版 suffering from the various effects of long-term, chronic homelessness. The latter term refers to the lack of a home for 180 or more days a year.

While the society hasn鈥檛 seen an increase in the number of campers in the capital, Mechan said, it knows of people who are under the impression they need to camp in the absence of housing options.

The number of people feeling 鈥╫bliged to tent it rose by 58 per cent between 2023 and 2024, she said.

鈥淧eople are existing with uncertainty,鈥� she said. 鈥淐amping for survival is a human rights issue. We all have a right to feel safe.鈥�

Halifax, Kitchener, Ont. and Kelowna, B.C. are three cities where the municipal governments have donated land for the homeless to camp on, Mechan said.

Some campgrounds are operated by the municipality, she said, and some even provide such comforts as a centralized heating source.

鈥淧eople are wanting us to advocate for the situations they might be in,鈥� Mechan said.

As for a location for a camping area, 鈥渢he inclination would be wanting it to be outside the downtown core鈥� but still relatively central, Mechan said.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 get my map out to see what might be available. I don鈥檛 think it (a land parcel) needs to be huge,鈥� she said.

There was no discussion of Mechan鈥檚 request by council members on Monday.

The society is overseeing multimillion-dollar renovations at the former High Country Inn on Fourth Avenue to house individuals without homes.

After the residents who lived at the ex-inn over the winter had to leave due to the renovations, Lane Tredger, the NDP MLA for 91社区破解版 Centre, told the legislature last month there were 鈥渄ozens鈥� of people forced into tents in 91社区破解版.

Premier Ranj Pillai accused Tredger of embellishing the actual number of people in tents.