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• City Council Approves Property Purchase for Temporary Emergency Shelter Operations

  The City of Kingston is committed to evolving emergency shelter and transitional or supportive housing services to better support people in the community who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. With clear Council direction and support, we are taking steps to provide timely assistance to those in need throughout Kingston.

  As has been previously shared, the City is moving to wind down the temporary shelter services offered at Adelaide Street Shelter and has been advancing work on various properties within the city to relocate these existing shelter services to new locations. Tonight, May 6, 2025, Council approved the purchase of 924 Sydenham Rd. with the plan to develop an emergency shelter on this site and to relocate a portion of the services that are currently offered at Adelaide Street Shelter to this new location.

  This new shelter will have a minimum 30 bed capacity, with room for an additional expansion of 15 beds as needed, and especially in consideration of the annual increased need for shelter beds seen each winter.