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DARTMOUTH:<\/strong> The new emergency shelter in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) will open Friday, November 17, at 4 p.m. Located at 197-199 Windmill Rd. in Dartmouth, it will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week until May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Nova Scotians experiencing homelessness deserve to be safe and to be treated with dignity,” said Trevor Boudreau, Minister of Community Services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “This shelter will give people a warm, safe and consistent place to stay.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Starting with 50 beds for people of all genders including youth aged 16 and older, the shelter can add more beds based on community need and extreme weather events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It will offer privacy cubicles, showers and storage for those staying there and can also accommodate pets. ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″] The HRM will also provide in-kind property maintenance support for the shelter site, including regular garbage pickup and snow clearing. [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”188″] [adrotate banner=”126″] DARTMOUTH: The new emergency shelter in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) will open Friday, November 17, at 4 p.m. Located at 197-199 Windmill Rd. in Dartmouth, it will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week until May 2026. “Nova Scotians experiencing homelessness deserve to be safe and to be treated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[185,50,121,48,2026,5734],"class_list":["post-40575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dartmouth","tag-halifax","tag-hrm","tag-n-s","tag-shelter","tag-trevor-boudreau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The province is investing $2.99 million annually to cover building rental, operating and staff costs, and wraparound services through 902 Man Up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The HRM outreach team will work to ensure people staying in encampments are aware of the shelter and how to access it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quick Facts:
— 902 Man Up is a non-profit volunteer organization that provides supports to people experiencing homelessness, ensuring they have access to the services they need
— 902 Man Up also operates the shelter on North Park Street in Halifax
— supportive services at the shelter will depend on the needs of clients, but could include access to housing, mental health and harm reduction supports<\/p>\n\n\n\n