\u201cThis is one of the things we did warn the city when they were bringing this policy and protocol was that more people will be displaced and spread out around the city and that is what we are seeing,\u201d Mahmood said.<\/p>\n
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Main Street Project building on Winnipeg\u2019s Main Street, Sept. 3, 2026. (Sofia Frolova, CityNews)<\/p>\n
He says it\u2019s making outreach work even more challenging.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do need a lot more outreach in our city,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are pretty bare bones in terms of what we have available, so it is stretching an already stretched support even thinner.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the other side of the river, outreach groups are seeing a different picture.<\/p>\n
Marion Willis, the founder of St. Boniface Street Links, argues the numbers are a lot higher.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think those are the numbers quite frankly,\u201d Willis said. \u201cI think that there are not really less homeless encampments, not less homeless people and people rough sleeping on the streets and other places.\u201d<\/p>\n
Groups agree there is a dire need for transitional housing, as Willis continues to call for a supervised encampment<\/a> to open in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n \u201cWith every encampment you dismantle, there are three more that set up. That\u2019s the reality here. With every three people you house, there are five more spiralling into homelessness because we are not addressing the root cause.\u201d<\/p>\n The standing policy committee on community services will meet Sept. 8 to discuss the report.<\/p>\n \t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n
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