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Eight months, 800 requests for a simple glass of water.

New statistics on city hall’s effort to reach out to those living on the street highlight the severity of London’s homelessness crisis.

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Since the “co-ordinated informed response” program began in April last year, an outreach team responded to nearly 5,000 “urban camps,” where people had set up tents or were sleeping outside.

By year’s end, it had referred nearly 900 people to housing services and received 751 requests for basic food and water.

There were a whopping 958 requests for rest. A new “resting spaces” program has been implemented since to give people a safe place to sleep and get something to eat at Atlohsa Native Healing Services. More are planned.

A total of 51 people got into their own homes; 45 are still there.

City council recently approved millions of dollars for a “core area action plan,” which includes homeless prevention efforts, $5 million for permanent supportive housing and new resting spaces.

The city also paid $1 million for a former Sylvan Street group home as a “stabilization space,” where police can bring people to safely ride out a high, get sleep and a shower, address a mental health or addiction crisis and tap support services.