{"id":497562,"date":"2026-02-25T02:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497562\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T02:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:00:23","slug":"calgary-family-living-in-a-car-calls-for-more-resources-for-unhoused-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497562\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary family living in a car calls for more resources for unhoused families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A Calgary family who have been living in their car for months are shedding a light on the experience of being unhoused.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Dawes, a family of six, have been living in their vehicle for six months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s all we\u2019ve got left, that\u2019s our home, that\u2019s what we call home right now,\u201d said Krista Dawe, the mother of the family.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThe family\u2019s mother, Krista Dawe, say they want to stay together as a family, but so far all the shelters that have offered help, want to split them up.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>However, two nights ago, the battery died, leaving the family to sleep in the cold on a night when the temperature dipped to -21 C in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Local advocates who have been helping provide the Dawe family with clothing and food say more resources are needed for unhoused families.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Calgary Close-up: New research provides insight on stopping homelessness before it happens'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cal_close_up.mp4.00_00_03_20.Still001.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t9:23<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalgary Close-up: New research provides insight on stopping homelessness before it happens\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The family has tried to find room in a shelter but have been told that because their eldest child is 18 years old \u2014 technically an adult \u2014 the family would need to be split up.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>The Dawes say this isn\u2019t something they are prepared to do and want to stay together as a family.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThe family has been sleeping together in their car for months, but two nights ago, the engine died and the temperature dipped to about -21 C.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While Global News was speaking with the family, a local shelter called to offer help, but again they would have to split up.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m frustrated. Just because a child turns 18, it doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re no longer part of the family unit,\u201d said Mona, who has been trying to help the family find shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to some help from some Good Samaritans, the Dawes managed to get their car started again Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Late Tuesday, the family was also offered shelter for the night with the possibility they may be allowed to stay even longer.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Calgary family who have been living in their car&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,199308,48,46,714,65445,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-497562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-calgary-homeless","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-unhoused","15":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}