City council votes yes to fund homeless encampment ‘service depots’ - CBC News [2023-06-28]

London city council is moving ahead with a plan to create four service depots for homeless populations in the downtown core.

As London faces an escalating homelessness crisis, the plan to ramp up emergency response supports was pushed forward by city council at a meeting Tuesday evening.

City council approved additional funding for temporary mobile depots which will provide basic services such as portable toilets, sanitation facilities, drinking water, food, social supports and garbage collection at four locations in the downtown core near the Thames River.

There will also be safety resources and checks to ensure fire safety and personal safety of residents including access to the overdose prevention drug Naloxone.