Anecdotally, ever since the pandemic started I've seen tent settlements pop up everywhere in city parks. I hope the city figures out how to help these people, the most vulnerable among us.
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Toronto seeks injuction to stop carpenter from building small shelters for the homeless
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Someone in Toronto just died this week when their wooden shelter caught fire.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/o...fire-at-toronto-homeless-encampment-1.5312172
This isn't the solution.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/o...fire-at-toronto-homeless-encampment-1.5312172
This isn't the solution.
Yup, these things are super dangerous. There is a large fort built in my area and at night I can see the light from a small fire inside the structure.
I understand they are using it for heat as it's been a bit colder but if the fire catches on to anything these people are going to die.
They could also die from the freezing cold as well. I think I'd prefer a roof over my head as opposed to braving the elements. That said, if this is not the ultimate solution, hopefully this spurs the city to actually do something and do it quickly.
Any structure that is available to the homeless that keeps out cold and snow is going to be flammable.
With no electricity fire will be used. The only choice is definitely freeze or maybe burn.
Unless you think someone will fund enough rooms for all the rough sleepers out there, this guy is no more dangerous than doing nothing in that sort of weather.
But he certainly should also be asking for advice on fire prevention measures he could take.
With no electricity fire will be used. The only choice is definitely freeze or maybe burn.
Unless you think someone will fund enough rooms for all the rough sleepers out there, this guy is no more dangerous than doing nothing in that sort of weather.
But he certainly should also be asking for advice on fire prevention measures he could take.
Yeah, I may be speaking out of ignorance here, but I feel like this problem is better than sleeping outside freezing to death problem.
yeah this. It's sad but homemade shelters can be very dangerous.
it reminds me when that person (also canada I think) built steps going to a public park. opening a whole can of liability worms if anyone got hurt.
I would like these expanded, until something changes and we get people back on their feet.
I can't speak on Toronto but I know Baltimore, NYC, and probably many others have turned hotels into shelters for the past year or so.
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The solution should be for Toronto to appropriate land and abandoned buildings for no cost/low cost housing, or to help the man secure more fire retardant materials since he seems to care about this shit than most. Certainly they're not gonna fucking NIMBY this....right?
This isn't the answer but really shows just how little the city is doing to get people shelter. It shouldn't come to this.
It feels ridiculous to suggest that the possibility of dying in a fire is worse than freezing to death, and if this city isn't going to do anything to prevent the latter then it absolutely should not be taking people to court for coming up with solutions that can be implemented now.
This is the same city where multiple deputy mayors recently suggested that winterizing washrooms in city parks was a bad idea just because homeless people might use them. Fuck Toronto and fuck John Tory.
This is the same city where multiple deputy mayors recently suggested that winterizing washrooms in city parks was a bad idea just because homeless people might use them. Fuck Toronto and fuck John Tory.
Doug Ford casually sitting on $7billion in fed relief money and letting his friends tear more and more homes down to build condos while things like this happening
In Victoria, BC, a group of volunteer built shelters and temporary, portable showers for the homeless camping at city parks (with city permit) during the pandemic, which, particularly the showers, you'd think is in everyone's best interest given what's going on.
Bylaw officers and the police teamed up to tear everything down.
Bylaw officers and the police teamed up to tear everything down.