An interesting story appeared in today’s Star Phoenix regarding poverty and the presence of social support agencies in the Riversdaleneighbourhood.
The overabundance of support agencies for poor and homeless people concentrated in Riversdale needs to be addressed in what the city councillor for the area is calling "solution by dilution."
"The simple fact is that the status quo is not working," Coun. Pat Lorje said in an interview. "We need to think about alternative models."
Many of the city's social supports for homeless people are concentrated in the area, trapping people in negative lifestyles, Lorje said. The result is the creation of a society unto itself, from which it is harder to pull people out because they are exposed to more intense levels of the forces that cause, and keep, people homeless and addicted to drugs and alcohol, Lorje said.
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More on this at Jordon Cooper's blog.
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