FEDS WANT TO HOUSE JUNKIES

The federal government is looking for new types of subsidized housing for
drug users and alcoholics -- housing that could include safe-injection
sites. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is launching a study to look at
alternative residential programs for substance users who are homeless or at
risk of becoming homeless.

"We want to look at that population and how people are already helping them,
or the kinds of cutting-edge ideas on how we can best create long-term
housing for this group," said Jim Zamprelli, a senior policy researcher at
CMHC.

CMHC needs someone to conduct the study, at a cost of up to $100,000.