Can’t believe I live in a city where the city is suing a man for building mini-homes for the homeless and rich people are angry about affordable housing replacing a *parking lot* in their community.
All this during a deadly pandemic.
Too many women across the globe are homeless - living in precarious housing, or unsafe environments. My wish on this #IWD2021 is that all women feel safe and at home. #homeful #ChooseToChallenge
In the wake of Sarah Everard's horrific murder, our CEO has written a blog about the harassment, abuse and murder of women and girls.
"It's "Not All Men", it never was, but more than ever, men are needed to step forward and make a change"
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After seeing so many recommendations for this book I had to order it. Just received my copy of @DoorwaysProject .. so eager to begin reading these powerful essays & interviews. #homelessness #books #trauma
reminder now a month in:
provincial jail costs- $9,400
hospital ward- $18,900
shelter- $6,000
social housing- $1,545
housing is a matter of social justice and sound economics.
How horrible. The amount of resources and money spent on evicting these vulnerable people could have been used to actually help them with housing & support. Toronto needs to do WAY better.
Real talk: What kind of SCHOOL has hundreds of unmarked graves with children in them?
A school…with children…buried in the back.
Canada, this was genocide!
The UK has had a homelessness crisis since long before the pandemic, but experts worry the worst is still to come. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know bigissue.com/latest/britain…
The @NENC_ICS Wellbeing Toolkit for health & care staff in #Teesside #CountyDurham #Darlington has videos & resources to help you if you're feeling anxious; need to energise; dealing with change or trauma; want to develop coping skills: ow.ly/Axyx50Fu2MQ #HubsTheWord
You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.
To all those who attended protests outside hospitals across Canada today: You may not have realized, but your actions today showed health workers who've worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic that their sacrifices & hard work don't matter to you. It's just so heartbreaking. 💔
NEW: The City of Toronto just announced it spent ~$2,000,000 to violently evict 60 people experiencing homelessness from park encampments this summer.
This is class warfare.
They'd rather spend money to hide people living in poverty than actually help people living in poverty.
Exc: The number of homeless families being moved out of their local area, sometimes hundreds of miles away, has risen 316% in 10 years.
England’s chronic housing shortage means 1 in 4 households in temporary accommodation have been forced out-of-area itv.com/news/2021-09-2…
She lost her job in the pandemic and wound up living in a tent.
A dispute with his landlord turned into nights on TTC streetcars.
More than 7,400 people turned up at Toronto shelters for the very first time this year. These are their stories: thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…