‘I thought it was a dream’: Halifax senior living in tent finds a new home
“There are so many here – not just here in Grand (Parade) square, just downtown, Sackville, everywhere – people who need a roof over their head”
A Halifax senior who went public with his story about living in a tent last week has found a place to live thanks to the kindness of a stranger.
Melvin Ellsworth, 73, had been living at Grand Parade since July – just one of dozens of people staying at the site with nowhere else to go. The square, right next to Halifax City Hall, is now home to more than 30 tents, a symbol of the city’s ongoing housing crisis. ---More...