COVID-19 pandemic has meant different things to different organizations and that includes Kingston’s Dawn House, located in the city’s west end.Dawn House supports and empowers homeless, vulnerably housed and marginalized women and now it’s also stretched to capacity.
And with overcrowding and the onset of cooler weather meaning greater demand for a place to stay, that may be a problem.“We have a waiting list and we have calls every single day from individuals who want to put in an application and want to know how soon can they get in” said executive director Maggie McLaren.“And it’s like, geez, we’re taking people from two years ago that applied two years ago.”COVID continues to add to those numbers.