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Effective Housing First versus Invented in Abbotsford housing first

Part II of VI

According to Mayor Braun the $400,989 in federal funding will be used to create a new intake and referral system for the homeless in Abbotsford that is anticipated to be a key component in Abbotsford’s housing-first approach to homelessness.

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Reducing Homelessness is Straightforward

The day I spoke to Abbotsford’s Homeless Task Force about the importance of taking the finances of the BC provincial government into consideration in drafting Abbotsford’s Housing First Action Plan, one of the other people presenting to the Task Force was a concerned citizen who was there to share what her research had revealed about reducing homelessness in Abbotsford.

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