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Frederick Street Shelter

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This project supports the Region of Waterloo's Strategic Plan Growing with Care:

An emergency shelter for those experiencing unsheltered homelessness has been operating at 84 Frederick Street, Kitchener, providing much needed support to our community since it opened as an emergency shelter in the 1970s. Operated by the YWKW, it provides emergency shelter and basic needs for women and non-binary individuals and has been part of the Region of Waterloo Council-approved and community-developed Interim Housing Solutions plan.

In response to the urgent needs in the community, Region of Waterloo Council approved the purchase of the building at 84 Frederick Street in Kitchener. We will begin renovations in the coming months and will work on plans to open this new emergency shelter.

Emergency shelters provide essential supports to those experiencing chronic homelessness in our community. The service and supports offered at 84 Frederick will be determined in the coming months by the needs of the population.

If you have questions or would like the opportunity to provide feedback, please reach out to us by:

This project supports the Region of Waterloo's Strategic Plan Growing with Care:

An emergency shelter for those experiencing unsheltered homelessness has been operating at 84 Frederick Street, Kitchener, providing much needed support to our community since it opened as an emergency shelter in the 1970s. Operated by the YWKW, it provides emergency shelter and basic needs for women and non-binary individuals and has been part of the Region of Waterloo Council-approved and community-developed Interim Housing Solutions plan.

In response to the urgent needs in the community, Region of Waterloo Council approved the purchase of the building at 84 Frederick Street in Kitchener. We will begin renovations in the coming months and will work on plans to open this new emergency shelter.

Emergency shelters provide essential supports to those experiencing chronic homelessness in our community. The service and supports offered at 84 Frederick will be determined in the coming months by the needs of the population.

If you have questions or would like the opportunity to provide feedback, please reach out to us by:

  • Update on 84 Frederick Emergency Shelter – November 8, 2024

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    Update on 84 Frederick Emergency Shelter – November 8, 2024

    Following the Region’s purchase of 84 Frederick Street in Kitchener for use as an emergency shelter, and approval of the proposed operating model, renovations at the site are underway.

    Regional staff are working with Services and Housing in the Province (SHIP) to open a temporary winter 37-bed overnight shelter in the building’s community space while the rest of the building is being renovated. It is anticipated that this temporary winter emergency shelter is anticipated to open in early December. The opening date is dependent on both facility renovations and staff hiring and is subject to change based on changes in renovation and hiring timelines. The temporary emergency shelter will operate until March 2025, at which time it is anticipated that the building renovations will be complete and the larger emergency shelter will open.

    Prior to these shelter spaces opening, while there are currently no shelters dedicated to women and gender-diverse individuals, there are co-ed shelter spaces available, and we continue to work with community partners to respond to the homelessness crisis in our community to support those experiencing homelessness.

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