Safe Neighbourhoods
Safe Neighbourhoods
Started
November 19, 2019
Petition to
Northumberland County and
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Why this petition matters
Started by Good Neighbours Coalition Cobourg
WHEREAS Cobourg is a compassionate community, we the undersigned ask Northumberland County and the Town of Cobourg to:
- Designate Transition House as true transition house supporting low-risk, unsheltered residents seeking permanent housing;
- Conduct a risk assessment (or environmental scan) to determine the risks of locating a high capacity, low-barrier emergency shelter in residential and business areas;
- Establish a specialized emergency shelter supporting those who are living with addictions, psychiatric disabilities, and dual diagnoses near emergency and support services.
We ask for these measures because:
- There has been a significant increase in acts of public opioid and other drug use, public safety concerns, violence, threats, intimidation and other law-breaking activities in the surrounding residential neighbourhood and business areas;
- Transition House is currently acting as a primarily publicly-funded, high capacity, low-barrier emergency shelter facility located in a family-oriented neighbourhood; and,
- The Northumberland Housing and Homelessness Plan 2014-2023 specifically calls for an examination of the existing shelter system and for an expansion of services.
More information: http://goodneighbourscoalition.org/
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Decision Makers
- Northumberland County
- Town of Cobourg
- Mayor John Henderson