Lease for Stuart Wood shelter extended until 2025
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KAMLOOPS — A temporary shelter for Kamloops residents experiencing homelessness will operate for another year.
The site of the former Stuart Wood School at 245 St. Paul St. in downtown Kamloops was originally leased in April 2023.
In a news release issued Tuesday (April 30), the BC. Government says the lease has been extended until April 30, 2025, and the 25-bed shelter operated by Out of the Cold foundation will continue to provide residents experiencing homelessness with daily meals, laundry and shower facilities, case management and health care referrals.
The province says it will provide $1.3 million for the former Stuart Wood School shelter’s operation through BC Housing. The province adds the shelter has been extended in partnership with Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, the City of Kamloops and Out of the Cold.
