Tag: homelessness
‘Our Home For Good’: Homeless agency Unity Project eyes new Old East HQ
After a long search, delayed by the pandemic, the homelessness organization has purchased a building on Dundas Street in Old East Village for its new quarters.
Municipal leaders call on province to help end homelessness by 2030
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) called on the province to introduce new measures to tackle homelessness as it wrapped up its largest annual conference on record Wednesday.
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Politicians skip ‘punitive’ move amid homeless-sent-to-London speculation
City politicians are taking steps to stop homeless people from being sent to London against their will or under false pretenses, although how much that’s happening remains a question mark. But council members stepped back Wednesday from measures that would punish non-profit organizations and individual workers who send people to London, measures criticized by a […]
Pearson: Homeless hubs reclaim some ground for selfish capitalism
As our daily life gets increasingly difficult, practicing democracy becomes less appealing.
Court records detail ‘violent’ attack that led to homeless camp teardown
A hammer and a wooden plank were allegedly used in an assault that prompted authorities in St. Thomas to dismantle a homeless encampment this month, court records show. Four St. Thomas residents, aged 30 to 38, were charged in the fallout of what police and municipal officials described as a “violent assault” that triggered the […]
Formal complaints, allegation of ‘vile behaviour’: Councillor on hot seat
A London councillor who appeared to endorse the detention of homeless people refusing shelter is the subject of formal complaints to the city’s integrity commissioner and police oversight bodies, The Free Press has learned. Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson is also the subject of allegations of “vile behaviour” on Twitter from the head of a […]
In 10-4 vote, city council approves groundbreaking homeless plan
London’s homeless hubs plan is one step closer to reality. London city council approved the plan’s principles and next steps at its meeting Tuesday evening, late in a marathon session that lasted nearly nine hours. In a 10-4 vote, council directed staff to begin determining the locations of the first five hubs and the agencies […]
Everything you need to know about London’s homeless hubs plan
London’s first homeless hubs won’t be near parks, elementary schools, child care centres, splash pads or wading pools, or inside residential neighbourhoods, says a soon-to-be-released plan for their implementation. Instead, the first hubs would be located on major roads and transit routes, with none of those placed in Old East Village, the Dundas Street downtown […]
London homeless crisis: Transformation hard but needed
Most of us know from experience that quick-fix, Band-Aid solutions to anything are woefully inadequate.