Housing and homelessness

How should the city address encampments?

Context:

The City of Edmonton's Encampment Response Team (ERT) works in partnership with housing agencies and the police to determine whether encampments are low or high risk and what further action is taken. In 2020, the ERT received more than 4,000 complaints about encampments and dismantled 1,477. In April 2021, city council endorsed a new encampment strategy intended to ensure a housing-focused, compassionate response.

Candidate responses Voter responses

Candidate responses

A total of 67 candidates have responded to the survey. Here's how they answered this question:

a) The current policy towards encampments is acceptable

Candidates that selected this response:

b) Encampments should be allowed if there are no better housing options available

Candidates that selected this response:

c) Encampments should be dismantled immediately

Candidates that selected this response:

d) I don't have a position on this issue

Candidates that selected this response:

Candidates that skipped this question:

Voter responses

Based on more than 16,000 responses received as of Oct. 14, here's how voters answered this question:

Overall

By ward

Note: Taproot excluded surveys with fewer than two answers from these results. It was possible for voters to fill out the survey multiple times, but unlikely at a large scale given the structure of the survey. Voters were not able to select "I don't have a position on this issue".

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