
YWCA says lack of funding led to closure of permanent supportive housing in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB – The head of a local non-profit organization said ending a permanent supportive housing program for women in Lethbridge was a difficult, but necessary decision.
YWCA Lethbridge & District CEO Jill Young announced on Friday, March 17, 2023, that the group has chosen to not pursue a new contract for its Permanent Supportive Housing Women’s Residence Program after the current contract ends on March 31, 2023.
The program offers semi-supported living for adult women at below-market rates. Support workers are on site to provide any needed services.
Young said the YWCA had been receiving additional funding from the provincial government since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to run the program, but that has all dried up now.