Barton Street Residents Homeless from Fire

On Monday, a 3-alarm fire at The Bridge House in Hamilton took one resident to hospital and left the remaining 4 tenants homeless.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/barton-street-apartment-fire-1.6423033

All of the residents’ personal belongings were ruined from water and fire damage, and they were left with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. The shelter system in Hamilton is completely full, and they now have nowhere to go.

People supported by The Bridge: From Prison to Community are people who have been recently released from prison and are looking to turn their lives around. They are people who have faced and continue to experience many systemic barriers that include racism, colonialism, poverty, mental health, addictions and a lifetime of trauma. The Bridge provides transitional housing and reintegration support to these individuals to help them get their lives back on track with food security and meal programs, ID, financial assistance, clinical counseling, intensive case management, and employment.

These residents were employed or going to school, and one had also just gotten a full-time job last week. They were on track to move their lives forward and through no fault of their own, they are going to lose all of that because they have nowhere to live.

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