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Cold church shelter program over the past One thing that has changed in the last six few years has finally stabilized. months opening of Supportive Housing of a? 21-“- Mike Savage. one of the founders of the Waterioo's new building on Erb Street. proâ€" .595” ~ g” program at First United Church. said the viding housing for 30 long-term homeless f ‘ I. first week numbers of homeless people people. ,; using the emergency overnight shelter pro- Savage sits on the board of directors of T , ‘ gram at three Waterloo locations. including SHOW and said the program welcomed in ' . .: - St. John's United and St. Louis Catholic people who had been living on the streets L I F E s A g 5 church. have either declined slightly or are from three to 25 years . a. .r ‘» ‘ ~¢s tracking about the same as the start of last That fact that one of the new residents w'“ ‘ year. had beenon thestreetforaquarterofacen- your ayace . yuan "a, And while it's hard to say it‘s a trend, Sav~ tury was most surprising, but they were age said they’ll have a better sense of those looking for people who had been homeless numbers in lanuary when the program for at least a year and had no problem find- starts hitting its peak. he's hopeful that the ing them. DES|GN YOUR OWN SOFA' addition of the Supportive Housing of ‘I can‘t imagine living on the street for 25 Waterloo initiative has finally alleviated years. [just can‘t imagine it." said Savage. LOVESEAT 0R SECTIONAL some of the pressures the volunteer run He alluded to the public price ofa home- homeless programs were feeling in filling less person quickly approaching $1 million _. .- It the housing gap. over a lifetime. when you factor in the costs 7‘ __ i l " g “The numbers are comparable to last ofsociai services. medical services and other . . ' l ’ ; year, but across the board during the week measures to provide sustenance when an fl ‘ ' ,2 g 3 i In a and at the other sites the numbers were individual has no place to call home. . . {In 3 ' ' in 1‘ ’ s down." said Savage. “lust five of them is how much it cost to W! 21 . a “And from the year before it's a significant build the SHOW building.” said Savage. « ' . 1' i h 5 a drop." 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