{"id":15232331,"date":"2026-07-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/new-shelter-coming-to-st-catharines-ont-a-crucial-part-of-getting-people-into-secure-housing-officials\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T08:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:33:36","slug":"new-shelter-coming-to-st-catharines-ont-a-crucial-part-of-getting-people-into-secure-housing-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/new-shelter-coming-to-st-catharines-ont-a-crucial-part-of-getting-people-into-secure-housing-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"New shelter coming to St. Catharines, Ont., a crucial part of getting people into secure housing: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/0abb1dea-9f63-48a2-90ed-cf2893088832,1785248822867\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C105%2C1726%2C970%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29\" alt=\"A room with a bed and desk is seen.\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" title=\"One of the rooms at the Riordon Street temporary emergency shelter in St. Catharines is shown when it opened in 2024. The Region needs to open a new shelter in the city by year&apos;s end because the lease at the temporary shelter expires soon.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emergency homeless shelters like the new one planned for St. Catharines, Ont., play an important role in ongoing efforts to get people who are unhoused into safe, stable housing, officials with Niagara&#8217;s regional government say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/hamilton\/homelessness-emergency-shelter-supportive-housing-9.7287251?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News &#8211; Canada &#8211; Hamilton &#8211; cbc-ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency homeless shelters like the new one planned for St. Catharines, Ont., play an important role in ongoing efforts to get people who are unhoused into safe, stable housing, officials with Niagara&#8217;s regional government 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