shelter crisis

A photo of people building temporary housing structures in Toronto for people sleeping outside.

What living in temporary housing in Toronto is like during COVID-19

Three Torontonians living in precarious housing situations say they are fearful of winding up in the shelter system

Nov 29, 2020

Julia Mastroianni

shelter crisis

Court rules Toronto failed to maintain physical distancing in shelters

Another court denied activists' request to ban the city from clearing encampments in public parks

Oct 22, 2020

Julia Mastroianni

shelter crisis

A photo of an encampment in Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto in August 2020

Why Toronto is being taken to court over shelters and encampment tear-downs

A coalition of housing advocates says the city stated it complied with physical distancing rules within shelters when many were still unsafely spaced

Oct 02, 2020

Julia Mastroianni

shelter crisis

Mayor John Tory blames mental health issues for Toronto’s homelessness crisis. He’s wrong.

The mayor overlooks the reality that homelessness is often a cause of mental health problems – some homeless people spend years in Toronto's shelter system exposed to constant noise, chronic sleep deprivation and extreme stress

Feb 10, 2019

Jessica Hales

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