Toronto could decommission up to five temporary hotel shelter sites this year

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City staff are recommending that Toronto decommission up to five temporary homeless shelters as part of a wider plan to eventually close most of the sites set up in hotels and motels during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The plan is being considered by the city’s economic and community development committee during a meeting today. It would then go to city council as a whole next month.

In the report staff note that they are not recommending a “full return to the pre-COVID situation in the shelter system,” which allowed for beds to be separated by less than a metre. As part of the 24-month plan, staff say that the city will be creating more than 3,300 new affordable housing opportunities, including approximately 1,000 supportive homes through a new modular housing initiative.

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They should stop taxing so much to ppl who make under 40-50 a year, give them a chance to afford their housing & rising food costs. We should address pain management to allow ppl to get proper treatment with opiates if needed rather than street drugs. More Ohip therapists too.

I hope they realize that the shelter system is fucked, the food bank system sucks, Toronto isn’t doing well & a lot can’t afford housing. Drowning in debt and to deal with all the stress ppl have outlets in booze, substance or gambling. More sex workers/human traffic than ever.

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