Toronto non-profit building tiny homes for unhoused
Toronto non-profit building tiny homes for unhoused
A Toronto man is building warm places for people experiencing homelessness to stay while on housing waitlists through his 'Tiny Tiny Homes' non-profit.
cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/94936
This is a great idea and I’m happy to see it actually happening instead of just talk.
Also I really appreciate the man they interviewed. He’s right, if people see people like him keeping their space clean and acting as good citizens, hopefully they’ll see that a lot of homeless are just in a rough place and not bad people.
I'm glad hes addressing he'd like to move them from the parks. Like it or not, people don't love seeing tents and shelters in their public spaces and there are some health and safety concerns with needles and human waste. Hes both building shelters and trying to move them to less impactful locations. I think this will overall get him more support from the public if the public starts seeing results like cleaner parks and an illusion of housing. The shelters are far better than tents but still not a forever solution, as the article states.
I come from a country where the parks got taken and turned into permanent shanty towns. I don’t know why anyone would want that in their city, or for them to be roaming the subway. That is not a solution, that only makes other city services worse. This is a better solution, so long as they’re picking good spaces where they won’t get taken down by the city.
Here's the gofundme if you want to help out.
Can you qualify for a tax receipt by donating to the go fund me?
Looks like Ryan is applying to be a registered charity. The gofundme should qualify for tax receipts after that.
Where are they putting them?
Samu has been in Canada for one year and eight months, experiencing difficulty landing a job — especially without a permanent address.
This is an issue we had with a tiny home pilot in Kingston. A permanent address is critical to being allowed to participate in society. The tiny homes did not provide a permanent address. So whole it solved some aspects of homelessness, it missed the mark on this one.
I hope this Toronto project was able to get addresses.
Why wasn't an address provided? I'm not familiar with Kingston's pilot, but the social service department of most cities have solved this pretty simple problem by either renting a PO Box or using their own address. Sure, people in the know recognize the address but at least people can receive their mail.
I'm sure the city will come in with their jackboots and tear all these homes down just like they did the last time
I mean where were they? Cause I like these but I wouldn’t and them set up next door and neither would you