Opinion: Police crackdowns make homelessness worse in Edmonton

Homelessness in Edmonton is a humanitarian disaster. Nearly 4,000 Edmontonians lack permanent housing and suffer through deplorable living conditions on our streets. Edmonton’s unhoused population doubled after the pandemic, mainly due to sharp rent hikes and evictions. Emergency room visits, frostbite amputations, and deaths of houseless people also skyrocketed after the pandemic. Around 300 unhoused […]

Original source: Edmonton Journal