The city is considering moving it elsewhere. It will be interesting to see if the church survives if its funding and raison d’\u00eatre are removed.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n It was bursting with activity\u00a0when CBC visited on Wednesday. Young said demand has doubled in the past year.<\/p>\n “The need is increasing,” she said. “Abject poverty, lack of affordable housing, increased cost of food, a very toxic drug supply are some of the things that are contributing to some of the behaviours that are more visible, because more people are suffering.”<\/p>\n But for four neighbours who\u00a0appeared at a city budget meeting on Tuesday, those behaviours are intolerable.\u00a0They blamed Centre 454 for a wave of theft, violence and\u00a0intimidation\u00a0that has left them terrified. They said\u00a0the centre’s clients harass and threaten them, break into their properties,\u00a0defecate\u00a0in their gardens\u00a0and use\u00a0drugs\u00a0on their laneways.<\/p>\n Sandy Hill resident Susan Khazaeli\u00a0said Centre 454 staff are unresponsive to the community’s\u00a0concerns\u00a0and take no accountability for their clients once they walk out the door.<\/p>\n “Centre 454 is responsible for endangering the welfare and security of everyone near it,” she told council’s community services committee. “I am begging everyone here to defund this service. It does not belong here.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2008, St. Alban\u2019s church in downtown Ottawa voted to join the Anglican Network in Canada, at which point the building was turned over to the Anglican Church of Canada. The church runs Centre 454 for homeless people, a program … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-30_214605.jpg\")
St. Alban’s rector Rev. Michael Garner said the centre first opened\u00a0in\u00a0the church in 1979,\u00a0relocated\u00a0to Murray Street,\u00a0and then returned to the King Edward site around 2012.<\/p>\n