Red Deer city council to lobby for youth housing funding

Red Deer city council to lobby for youth housing funding

Red Deer city council is stepping up to lobby the provincial and federal governments to provide long-term funding for youth transitional housing. Coun. Bruce Buruma, who sits on the Housing and Homeless Integration Committee, said that provincial funding cuts meant that $254,000 had to be pulled from another program to keep a youth transitional housing program going for another year, when funding will run out. He said it was “heart-breaking” to …