Alberta creates homelessness advisory panel [Video]

The Government of Alberta is reorganizing its approach to homelessness as new issues arise across the province.

An increase in the number of homeless people in rural and Indigenous areas, paired with a growing portion of the housed population at risk of homelessness, means tweaks to the system are needed.

Jason Nixon, the minister of community and social services, will soon be creating an advisory panel to further inform the government on the issue.

“We need to work as a government to bring this into a central process to make sure we’re bringing wraparound support around individuals and connecting them to the excellent providers that we have,” Nixon said.

The panel, which will include members from across the province, is to be co-chaired by United Conservative Party MLA Justin Wright and the Lethbridge Housing Authority’s Robin James.

“I think it’s vitally important to really get a hold of the experts …