Mission Flats housing project eases pressure on Kamloops shelter
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KAMLOOPS — It seems everyone who needed a warm place to sleep last night was able to get one.
Christa Mullaly is the executive director of Kamloops’s Canadian Mental Health Association branch. She says after 22 clients from the Emerald Centre shelter moved into a new housing project on Mission Flats Road yesterday (Nov. 13), beds were still filled up.
“What that meant for us at Emerald Centre is we had a number of beds open up, so we filled all of those beds on both our men’s and ladies’ sides, and also brought in additional folks into our emergency beds,” she says. “We did not have any turn aways last night… Although we did have some more beds available last night, they were filled immediately.”
Mullaly says the CMHA is looking forward to the opening of another housing project on Royal Avenue next week, which can take in up to 40 people for short-term housing.
