![]() ![]() ![]() Jason reached out to a variety of social agencies including Developmental Services Ontario, London Cares, Community Living London, ODSP, 519 Pursuit and Community Services Coordination Network, he said. "It's all quite confusing as well," said Jason. "I took a week off work to try to navigate this and my head was spinning with all the different people transferring me, referring me to other people." ![]() ![]() It's part of the reason the Hastings thought it would be easier to find a place for Mitchell to live with social supports. Recent estimates from the City of London peg the number of unhoused people at close to 1,900. The city is proceeding with a plan, funded in part by a $25-million anonymous donation, to build what it calls a "people-centred, housing-centric" approach that takes into account input from hundreds of people from dozens of organizations, including the police, poverty activists, homeless relief agencies and the people living on the streets themselves. (Rebecca Zandbergen/CBC News) A week off work, to no avail Alex Hastings and her daughter, Lauren, outside their 1,000-square-foot home, where she and her husband, Jason, have been putting up Mitchell. ![]()
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