four Tiny Tiny homes (which meet the Ontario building code and have certified electrics) have been set up on a private property through the Seeds of Hope Foundation in Toronto. it's not a solution to homelessness but it is a decent stepping stone ❤️
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tiny-tiny-homes-new-microshelters-leslieville-9.7014624
in Toronto 5 warming centres are open as of tonight:-
• 136 Spadina Rd.
• 81 Elizabeth St.
• 349 George St.
• 12 Holmes Ave.
• 885 Scarborough Golf Club Rd
but combined, they only have capacity for 241 people. 💩
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-warming-centres-open-9.6996543
"Greg Cook, outreach team lead for Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto, says: 'Ideally, people would be offered housing. Nobody was offered housing. People are just being shoved around the city.'
Cook said the city's winter services plan for people experiencing homelessness is disappointing given the huge need for shelter in Toronto. According to the city's own data, an average of 154 people were turned away from city shelters nightly in October."
cruel as hell — the City of Toronto violently cleared a 15-person unhoused encampment yesterday, at George Hislop Park near Yonge and Bloor, as outdoor overnight temperatures are dipping below freezing 🥶
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/city-crews-encampment-clearing-george-hislop-park-9.6982532
the shitty City of Toronto awarded the Reverend Canon Maggie Helwig the Toronto Book Award for her book "Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community" about an encampment at St. Stephen-In-The-Fields Church, in Toronto’s Kensington Square neighborhood. Then, less than 24 hours later, City workers under police protection violently tore it down, evicting its residents onto the streets 🤬
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-toronto-encampment-9.6941809
The Winter Services Plan for people experiencing homelessness will add 530 temporary shelter spaces across the city, and offer warming centres during extreme cold temperatures, but staff admit that still won’t be enough to keep everyone inside.
At the start of Friday 18th October 2024, there were 11 unhoused people living in Allan Gardens park. City crews then spent hours clearing the unhoused encampment; they used heavy machinery to destroy structures.
“No one is receiving housing. 7 people have accepted [shitty city] shelter beds. 2 will simply be displaced to nowhere. I can't stress this enough: in no way has homelessness been 'solved' by this action," said advocate Diana Chan McNally. “The narrative of moving people into 'safer, indoor space' is just spin.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/allan-gardens-encampment-clearing-1.7356957
godfuckindammit. City of Toronto staff move to clear out Allan Gardens encampments
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/10/18/allan-gardens-toronto-encampment-clearing/
Another Year, Another Encampment, Another Eviction.
— by Brennan Doherty, with photography by Nick Kozak, 16 Oct 2024.
For years, unhoused people like Davit Sesisheili have gone from park to park, moving when the City evicts them. With new data, and reporting and photography that spans years, this is the most comprehensive, intimate portrait of Toronto’s failing encampments strategy.
A-Dub 🥝
