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The story is from 2023, but this is what the #ConfederatedTribesOfGrandRonde are doing to help the unhoused.

Grand Ronde tribal community debuts 'tiny shelter' villages

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is working to support #homeless tribal members with two new tiny shelter villages.

by Tim Gordon, March 15, 2023

GRAND RONDE, Ore. — "The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is working to support homeless tribal members with two new "tiny shelter" villages. The first village opened a few weeks ago, and tribal leaders are already building the second.

The community northwest of #SalemOR, off Highway 22 on the edge of the coast range, is a rural area with many of the same #housing difficulties other parts of #Oregon are experiencing."

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/tiny-shelter-villages-grand-ronde-tribal-community/283-34b5770d-63cc-4df4-8532-58ec41338994

#Oregon #GrandRonde #FirstNations #NativeAmericans #TinyHouses #TinyHouseVillages #TinyShelters #Housing4All

#TorontoON - Sheltering from the storm: how homeless Torontonians turned to #UnionStation as #WarmingCentres filled

While centres save lives, advocates say, Toronto’s winter shelter response is still leaving residents in the cold.

By Victoria Gibson, Jan. 17, 2026

Excerpt: "In winter, the city expands its shelter system — squeezing additional beds into existing shelters, opening up warming centres once temperatures plunge below -5 C, and letting people shelter in contingency spaces such as shelter meeting rooms once temperatures reach -15 C.

"These sites save lives, says Cathy Crowe, a longtime street nurse and homeless advocate in Toronto. But as those facilities, too, are often at or beyond capacity — and people continue to seek refuge in public spaces like transit stations — she sees a city continually unprepared for extreme weather, with safety nets like the shelter system still unable to catch everyone in need.

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"[Unhoused person, Douglas Watt] sees the #CostOfLiving, and #housing, as another major force. 'It’s hard for people to live, and keep up,' he said, noting he relied on disability supports that don’t offer much to cover expenses.

"He used to live with family members outside the GTA, but said they were facing health battles and he didn’t want to add to their stress. So he made the choice to leave without a place to land.

"One shelter in Halton turned him away for lack of room, he said. Some nights, he sleeps at GO stations in Burlington and Oakville. Asked if he’d looked for shelter in Toronto, Watt said he worried about having his possessions stolen.

" 'I’ll be honest with you, shelters are even worse than being on the streets sometimes,' he said."

Read more:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/sheltering-from-the-storm-how-homeless-torontonians-turned-to-union-station-as-warming-centres-filled/article_f1466ac0-8e25-4075-8cda-b971aed26bc9.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/pIk2L

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#Housing4All #Houseless #Unhoused #TinyHouses #Homeless #Shelters #HomeslessShelters

Opinion: We should remember unhoused people when a severe snowstorm hits
Here we go again. #Toronto’s annual open-and-shut Band-Aid operation of emergency shelters for inclement weather.

Updated Jan. 15, 2026
By Cathy Crowe Contributor

"Here we go again. Toronto’s annual open-and-shut Band-Aid operation of emergency shelters for inclement weather.

"I’m used to city councillors fighting hard for their communities — whether it’s for transit, schools, safe roads, libraries or parks — but none of them questioned why their Scarborough, East York, York, North York or Etobicoke wards had no cool centres.

"Instead, it appears they believe a single 24/7 cooling centre, likely operating in the lobby at Metro Hall, will be sufficient for everyone needing respite across a city that spans 43 km east to west and 21 km north to south. This despite the city’s own 2024 Street Needs Assessment that counted more than 1,600 people living outside and shelter data that documented more than 150 people per day denied shelter due to lack of space.
Toronto has botched its approaches to protect vulnerable people during extreme weather."

Source:
https://www.thestar.com/rolling-file/opinion-we-should-remember-unhoused-people-when-a-severe-snowstorm-hits/article_0ccef729-53aa-455e-bf22-69106af3e072.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Ek5Fc

#EmergencyPreparedness #EmergencyShelters #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #WarmingCenters #CoolingCenters #Housing4All #TorontoON #Ontario #Canada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k8-O-Tf_pI

Good talk about reclaiming Indigenous Roots!

At KPREC we recognize and take action as one of the paths forward in creating transformational revolutionary change.
#LandBack #cooperatives #Housing4All

https://ebprec.org/blog/residential-property-manager?fbclid=IwY2xjawITO6pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbxLVjspE0L22Xw3C4z5znj1Wt94vM3oI8gpYpArK9RVCiF8dvgu0EuodQ_aem_wZTTdo6CYv2PGKX_MCKnyg

East Bay is both the inspiration and the model for Kitsap PREC.

The creation of worker co-ops is a way toward A Better World.

#Housing4All #ABetterWorldisPossible
#cooperatives

Overtourism

Lack of housing ?

Seriously ?

Or just greedy because holiday apartments bring in more money ?

Are apartments now just pure investment areas ?

What is it like in YOUR cities ?

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jan/25/no-neighbours-overtourism-residents-spain-portugal-visitor

#BündnisBezahlbarerWohnraum #Wohnraumnot #AllianceforAffordableHousing #Housing4All #Housing

Re-introducing myself again! 👋🏾

Looking for people to learn from and eager to share my knowledge with others.

Interested in learning more about: #DataEthics #DataJustice #DataBillofRights #Privacy

I know about:
#HousingCrisis #HousingPolicy #Housing4All #homelessness #SocialHousing #EvictionCrisis

No tolerance for: #CooporateShit #NIMBY #Classism #Bigotry #Bootlicking #RainbowCapitalism

I also love #cooking #houseplants and #gardening

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