Is this an additional shelter location or a relocation of the existing shelter?

This goal is relocation and enhancement of existing shelter services.

Services provided by Transition House Shelter at their 10 Chapel Street, Cobourg location will be relocated to this new property (310 Division Street in Cobourg) in 2024. Upon relocation, operations will conclude at 10 Chapel Street.

Why not keep operations going in the original location at 10 Chapel Street as well to increase the number of spaces available?

In 2023, the County commissioned a third-party review of our local shelter system to identify recommendations tailored to community need. The review recommended a minimum of 25 shelter spaces for adults, in addition to the creation of supportive and transitional housing spaces.

Approximately 35 emergency shelter spaces at 310 Division Street location will address immediate need and, over the longer-term, transitional housing accommodations and other services will create pathways out of homelessness.