Homeless people left out in the cold
A local study recently estimated how many people in Prince Albert don’t have a place to call their own, and often don’t have a roof over their head.
The results of the 2015 Prince Albert Homeless Count were presented at the Mahon Auditorium in the John M. Cuelenaere Public Library on Monday afternoon.
The majority of research was gathered on March 17 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Researchers set out to determine the number of homeless people in the city by including those living on the street, those living in shelters and individuals who had identified as homeless at shelters and other places that offer support within the past six months.
Their findings led to an estimate of 273 homeless people in Prince Albert. Sixteen are labelled absolute homeless, literally living on the street, 95 are sheltered homeless and 161 are classified as hidden homeless, crashing with friends and family, moving on when they exhaust their current options.