Three mayors join forces on Capital Region anti-homelessness coalition

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Rapid and substantial progress towards a region without homelessness is in reach, says mayors

For the first time, there are three sitting regional mayors on the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness board.

View Royal Mayor David Screech and North Saanich Mayor Geoff Orr joined Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps as members.

Helps was quick to welcome the new board members. “I am thrilled to welcome my mayoral colleagues from View Royal and North Saanich to the board. The Coalition has always had a regional mandate, and with Mayor Screech and Mayor Orr at the table, we can continue to make great progress towards a region without homelessness.”

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Source: Victoria News

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