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The House of Merritt will be a 12-unit building that will help homeless people get used to living inside again and provide them with support services for complex challenges such as mental health problems and addictions.
House of Merritt will have support services for people with mental health and addictions problems
Mark Leger · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 30, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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A new 12-unit housing project for homeless people is under construction in the Waterloo Village area of Saint John. (Mark Leger/CBC)
Melanie Vautour is highly motivated to get people off the streets.
The executive director of Fresh Start Services in Saint John is seeing people in “desperate” situations with mental health or addictions problems and a host of other challenges.
In the Waterloo Village area near the city centre, construction is underway on a 12-unit building that will house people living in shelters or encampments.
“We’re looking at having individuals that present with complex needs, individuals living on the street with poor mental health, histories of trauma, substance use disorder, mental health, and just a long history of what we call cyclical homelessness,” Vautour said.
“It will be 12 really desperate people who need specialized support to stay housed.”
Vautour said the building on Waterloo Street was originally intended to be for women only,
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