Housing crisis in Regina at all-time high: Advocates [Video]

Advocates for the city’s most vulnerable say Regina’s housing crisis is at an all-time high. This comes as the city announced they found a location for a new permanent homeless shelter space.

Carmichael Outreach has been operating a warming shelter through the winter. It closes at the end of May.

Development Coordinator Chrysta Garner said more than 3,000 people were beneficiaries of the space in just two months.

“The need is there,” she told CTV News. “There’s too many people who are out on the street.”

Garner said demand for a new permanent shelter space with emergency services is increasing.

“This isn’t just about our houseless community,” she went on to say. “All of our resources are swamped.”

The city currently runs a 55-bed temporary emergency shelter out of the NEST, formerly the YMCA on 13th Avenue.

It has been open since January 2023 but the agreement ends in July …