New transitional housing in Brandon for homeless Indigenous women welcomes 1st resident – CBC

May 30, 2024

Without right support, ‘they could be the next murdered and missing Indigenous women,’ researcher says

A new first-of-its-kind safe house in Brandon that will offer supportive programming for Indigenous women who are at high risk due to homelessness opened its doors last week.

Chelsea’s House is named for Chelsea Cote, 35, a chronically homeless Indigenous woman who died in February from what is believed to be toxic drug poisoning.

The first person to move into the seven-bed supportive housing unit is Danette Hanmore, 38, a relative of Cote’s.

Hanmore says she had given up on finding a place after living on and off the streets for years. As she was growing up, her family bounced around different cities in Canada. She and her children eventually settled in Brandon.

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