Battison, however, doesn’t think the issues she is seeing are related to homelessness. It seems to be the typical post-bar rowdiness and messiness that comes in part from having nowhere to place garbage, such as pizza boxes, she said.
In her work, Rogers has been to encampments in the woods and met numerous Islanders sleeping in tents.What she hasn’t seen are basic civic services, like garbage cans, public washrooms or even places to fill water, she said in an Aug. 17 SaltWire interview. “They’re definitely issues, like we don’t want to have litter all over town. But that’s as simple as talking to people and saying, ‘OK, this is the area you’re camping. We’re going to bring in a big garbage can for you folks to use, and we’re going to come this day every week or every couple days to empty it.”PEERS Alliance street outreach worker Tessa Rogers believes the increased garbage around Charlottetown is connected to the housing crisis and more people sleeping rough.