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Thiruvananthapuram Corporation unveils new housing scheme in budget; thrust on waste and stray dog management, public health Homeless

Thiruvananthapuram Corporation unveils new housing scheme in budget; thrust on waste and stray dog management, public health

Deputy Mayor G.S. Asha Nath presents the Budget at the city Corporation council hall, in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation Budget for the 2026-27 fiscal envisages an independent housing scheme under which the local body will fully fund the construction of houses for…
bubmag
February 24, 2026
Brain injury is almost ten times more common in unhoused people. Addressing it is key to reducing homelessness Homeless

Brain injury is almost ten times more common in unhoused people. Addressing it is key to reducing homelessness

by Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera, Cole J. Kennedy, Grace C. Warren, The Conversation Credit: Milan Cobanov from Pexels On any given night, 60,000 people in Canada will go to sleep homeless. Research estimates that more than half of them have had a brain injury at one point in their lives, most…
bubmag
February 22, 2026
Umbilo Business Association demands solutions for drug abuse and homelessness crisis Homeless

Umbilo Business Association demands solutions for drug abuse and homelessness crisis

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February 21, 2026
More adults with developmental disabilities ending up in homeless shelters Homeless

More adults with developmental disabilities ending up in homeless shelters

Article content As a result, growing numbers of people with developmental disabilities are in homeless shelters or hospitals, said Robin Meyers, executive director of Total Communication Environment, a local developmental services agency in Ottawa. Article content “Locally, we are seeing people with developmental disabilities living in shelters for extended periods…
bubmag
February 21, 2026
Truck destroys house: family in limbo Homeless

Truck destroys house: family in limbo

CRUSHED: A truck crashed into a resident's home, causing significant damage. Picture: SUPPLIED SIBULELE MTONGANA & SUE MACLENNAN  More a month after their house was destroyed by an out-of-control truck, a family living in Joe Slovo, Nemato, is still homeless with rebuilding efforts at a standstill.    Around lunchtime one day in early January, a tipper truck crashed into Elvis Magadaza’s house, flattening part of the structure.   …
bubmag
February 20, 2026