The City of Red Deer is proud to share our latest annual report on initiatives underway and progress we are making as we move towards our collective goal of ending homelessness. Closer to Home: 2015/2016 Annual Report on Red Deer’s Homelessness Initiatives provides an update for our public by providing a snapshot of the work occurring in the housing and supports sector in our community.

For the sake of our vulnerable population and our community as a whole, it is important we continue to advance Red Deer’s Five Year Plan to End Homelessness. It takes the dedication
and perseverance of our community partners to continually deliver services and to make ongoing improvements for those in need of our local housing support system. On behalf of Red Deer City Council, I sincerely thank our community partners for your tireless efforts in support of the socially vulnerable.

Through the Social Policy Framework, City Council affirms our commitment to ensuring Red Deer is a place where “safe, accessible, and affordable housing is available to all and everyone is appropriately housed.” We will continue our collective work to ensure we create accessible and appropriate services that best suit the needs of the people and community we serve.