The future of a hybrid shelter in Waterloo is up for discussion.
At a committee meeting on Tuesday, Region of Waterloo councillors voted in favour of extending funding for the hybrid shelter on Erbs Road.
The idea of a managed encampment of tiny homes initially started as a two-year pilot project to help with the growing homelessness crisis.
One year into its operation, regional staff said it is playing a critical role for people who are staying there.
Most councillors agreed but it still needs final approval down the road.
The Working Centre is the operator of the shelter.
“The shelter has really demonstrated the need for a place that takes people who have been so long in their encampments, in some kind of encampment, and provide a place of relationship, of support, of walking with on their journey,” said Joe Mancini, the director at the Working Centre.
Mancini said since the site opened, 19 people have been able to move on to housing with the rest of …