Calgary homeless shelters can't meet demand

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Calgary homeless shelters can't meet demand
Last Updated: Friday, September 15, 2006 | 8:48 AM MT
CBC News

Homeless people in Calgary are sleeping outdoors because of a bed shortage, say two area shelters. The shelters attribute the problem to people who move to the city for work, but can't find affordable housing.

Dermit Baldwin, executive director of the Calgary Drop-in Centre, said dozens of people had to sleep outside on Wednesday night in cold and wet conditions.

"We had 40 sleeping on the grass outside in front in the rain," said Baldwin. "We had them all on the parkway."

Diana Segboer, administrative director for Inn From the Cold, a shelter for families with children, attributes the bed shortage to an influx of people looking for work in the city.

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Shortage of workers in Alberta.