Housing First has emerged as the new strategy for dealing with the homeless.
Randy Hatfield of the Saint John Human Development Council says it means first getting people housed and then deal with their issues and personal demonsbut he adds we need more social housing to make this strategy work.
Carolyn McNulty of Romero House says the soup kitchen is preparing 400 meals a day as compared to 300 a day last year.
A poll done by Ipsos-Reid for City Police finds more Saint Johnners are concerned about homelessness than they are about drugs and drug dealers.
