Homelessness has many faces.
When visible, homelessness stands on street corners and panhandles, huddles beneath blankets in city parks or digs through garbage bins looking for bottles.
Sometimes, homelessness is not visible. A cousin couch surfs for a few weeks after leaving his girlfriend or losing his job. A woman hides out at a friends while trying to get out of an abusive relationship. A friend moves from the other side of the country and needs a place to stay until he/she can find a job and afford a place to live.
Homelessness has many causes.
Addictions, mental disease, life crises, illness, bad decisions, escalating rent, conversion of rental units into condominiums, economic booms leading to escalating rents and urban redevelopment.
Homelessness hurts.
Homelessness is numbing. It rips away self-esteem, destroys hope and breaks apart families.
At the Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre we work with homeless men and women who have reached the end of the road and have no where else to turn.
Everyone is welcome at the Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre.
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