Hamilton’s Good Shepherd Centres pitches rebuilding men’s emergency shelter

The Good Shepherd Centres in Hamilton say they’re planning major new developments to help some of the 2,000 people who are homeless in the city. One man who’s struggling day-to-day on the streets, told CHCH News that they can’t come fast enough. Ronald Frederick Robertson is a long-time Hamiltonian who’s spending his days running into traffic trying to raise a few bucks with one question. “Why am I waiting, after eight and a half-years, because I’m a single male with no dependents, still on a waiting list for city housing?,” asked Robertson. “What’s going on?” Robertson wants to know why he’s still homeless, saying he sleeps in the park, friends’ homes, anywhere he can find a place, but not his own home. “You’re on the list, you’re on the waiting list,” said Robertson?