Londoners relying on shelter space express disappointment with council decision [Video]
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Londoners relying on shelter space express disappointment with council decision [Video]

City council has forbidden the use of new federal funding to operate resting spaces for homeless Londoners if they’re located on the main street of a Business Improvement Area (BIA).

The decision has potentially put 30 overnight beds in jeopardy.

On Thursday, CTV News spoke with 42-year-old Jess, who visits Ark Aid Street Mission on Dundas Street each morning to get her name on a list for one of those resting spaces.

“I really like it here,” she said while clutching a stuffed animal close to her face,” I… I have nowhere else to go.”

She began to sob.

Earlier this week a motion by Councillor Susan Stevenson was supported by the majority of council that any new resting spaces receiving funds from the upcoming $250 million federal encampment program, “not be located on the main street of any Business Improvement Area (BIA).”

A statement from Civic Administration reads, “This would include daytime and …

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