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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Yeah, but how does that show these people came from outside of Calgary?
It's more likely these were people who already lived here, could afford it in the old days and then all of the sudden fell behind when their jobs didn't pay enough to keep up with skyrocketing living costs.
The people who move here with nothing, and then "demand" help as you put it, are likely few and far between.
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That is a possibility that people were forced out onto the streets but the way in which it has often been portrayed int he media is that people are coming to Calgary without a place to live, in fact there was a politician (can't remember who) who was urging people not to move to Alberta if they didn't have a place to live because they were just becoming part of the homeless population. I would suspect that it is a combination of the two where there is a significant number of people who were forced out due to the rising cost of living, while at the same time there is a large contingent of people who are moving to Calgary without the proper housing arrangments being made ahead of time, and I would imagine that it would be hard to apply for a job when you don't have an address.