UPDATED: Demonstration Today in Support of Crisis Shelter Residents and to Demand Permanent Solutions to the Housing Crisis

Halifax City Council stands down on removal after public outcry – ACORN, Halifax Mutual Aid, and Allies rallying to support residents and demand the city find permanent solutions.

For Immediate Release, January 25th, 2021.

For more details and to speak with spokespeople contact ACORN organizer Sydnee Blum at halifax@acorncanada.org.

(Halifax, NS)  After public outcry last night, Halifax City Council has backed down on the removal of the crisis shelters built by Halifax Mutual Aid. The city seemed to assume the shelters were unoccupied, and have since clarified the shelters won’t be removed as long as people are living there. ACORN and Halifax Mutual Aid are still rallying to support the tenants and demand the city take permanent action to keep people off the streets.

WHAT: Stop Encampment Evictions & Demand Housing for All

WHEN: TODAY – Monday, January 25th at 9am
WHERE: Leighton Dillman Park (near Dartmouth Common)

Halifax Mutual Aid writes, “To clarify some of the rash assumptions the City has about the emergency shelters: The second shelter is Currently Occupied. So DO NOT COME DEMOLISH SOMEONE’S MEANS OF SURVIVAL. It should be clear to everyone that the HRM did not do their due diligence.”