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Background Factors
Homelessness Rate Rise

[https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-s-rate-of-homelessness-may-be-higher-than-reported-nanos-survey-1.5060801#:~:text=While%20it%20can%20be%20hard,homelessness%20on%20a%20given%20night. A background on homelessness in general] ; Report on Race and Evictions ; Bill 184 and Rent Repayment: Renting in Ontario: Should I sign a repayment plan?; Rental Crisis during Covid-19 on April 1 2020 Protests against Bill 184; Canada's rate of homelessness may be higher than reported: Nanos survey | CTV News

Wealth Gap and Inequality Divide

Homeless Encampment Evictions Highlight the Cruelty of Capitalism Amid COVID

Covid 19

Chair of Board of Health on NowToronto on March 2020 ; Suspension of Vaccines for Homeless ; Likelihood Of Death for Homeless Population ; Covid could exacerbate homelessness Outbreak in Shelters April 24, 2020 ; COVID-19 pandemic could lead to 'unprecedented levels of homelessness,' foundation warns | May 31 2020 Study on Susceptibility of Unhoused to Covid: Testing, infection and complication rates of COVID-19 among people with a recent history of homelessness in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study | CMAJ Open; For those experiencing homelessness, lives already hanging by a thread 'snapped' by COVID-19, say advocates | August 13, 2020; Shared dorms in Toronto shelters put users at risk of airborne COVID-19 transmission, critics warn | CBC News December 2020 Ontario's homeless 5 times more likely to die of COVID-19, study finds | January 12 2021 ; Toronto reports 10 COVID-19 outbreaks at shelters, says rise in number of cases 'not unexpected' on January 27, 2021 Street outreach worker says pandemic has made Toronto residents more aware of homelessness on January 31, 2021 20 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 at Seaton House, Toronto officials sayon February 3, 2021 COVID-19 variant found in more Toronto homeless shelters and an encampment on February 24, 2021 City to begin vaccinating people in Toronto's shelter system this week on Febrauary 28, 2021

Inadequate Shelter

Toronto groups file legal action against city over its response to COVID-19 outbreaks in shelters | CBC News ; Initial Settlement about distancing in Shelters and  also; Details of agreement: COVID-19 in Toronto: Lawsuit shelved as city, advocacy groups come to agreement | May 19 2020 see also: City agrees to physical distancing standards in shelter system - NOW Magazine (nowtoronto.com); Toronto shelter temporarily shuts down

Physical Distancing Issues for Court Case on Jul 2020; Court case over Shelter Distancing Sep 2020 ; see also for court case rationale ; for arguments made in court October 1 2020 also ; Court Case Victory over Shelter Distancing Oct 2020; City has far fewer homeless shelter beds than it claims it has, street pastor says Nov 2020 Shared dorms in Toronto shelters put users at risk of airborne COVID-19 transmission, critics warn | Dec 02 2020 Outbreak in Shelters January 27, 2021 Finding shelter space like running an ‘obstacle course’ May 2021;  Toronto reports COVID-19 outbreaks at 20 homeless shelters, over 300 cases, 1 recent death | April 27 2021; see how this was delayed - Vaccine rollout to homeless people in Toronto's shelters put on hold due to supply shortage on January 20, 2021;Overall rate of increase of deaths in Toronto shelters;

Winter Plan

Advocates worry about plan March 2020 ; Criticism of Water Provision in July 2020 ; Draft Plan announced Sep 2020 ; Toronto residents, MPP urge province to declare state of emergency on homelessness | CBC News Oct 05 2020 ; City unveils winter plan for people experiencing homelessness in Toronto | CBC News October 6 2020 ; Toronto's winter plan isn't enough, housing advocates say October 9 2020 ;  Homeless advocates build 'foam domes' outside mayor's condo to call for more housing now | CBC News November 2020 ; [https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-continues-to-take-extraordinary-steps-to-help-and-protect-people-experiencing-homelessness-during-covid-19/#:~:text=So%20far%20in%202020%2C%20the,spaces%20in%20the%20city%20today. City of Toronto News Release on Plans for Homeless During Covid-19 on December 3 2020] City of Toronto accelerates 150 new supportive housing opportunities as part of updated COVID-19 Housing and Homelessness Response Plan – City of Toronto;Jan 25, 2021 ; Summary of Fact Check Toronto Findings (in criticism) December 22,2020 ; February 17, 2021, Toronto Star Opinion

Life In Encampments
This is what it's like living next to Trinity Bellwoods Park right now (blogto.com) May 24 2020

For those experiencing homelessness, lives already hanging by a thread 'snapped' by COVID-19, say advocates | CBC News Sep 2020

Homeless people in Toronto share what life is like in Trinity Bellwoods encampments (blogto.com) February 22 2021

People are not impressed with all the garbage left in Trinity Bellwoods Park May 17 2021

Trinity Bellwoods Park has a serious public urination problem (blogto.com) June 11 2021

Tiny Shelters
Organization Website: Toronto Tiny Shelters; Fundraiser by Kal Zed : Toronto Tiny Shelters (gofundme.com)

Intro to Project: Meet the Toronto carpenter building insulated, mobile shelters for homeless people this winter | CBC News

Description of Living Conditions: As Toronto cracks down on tiny shelters, a woman who lived in one says it 'felt like a home' | CBC Radio

Support of Project: Residents using tiny shelters in Toronto voice support after city issues court order against carpenter | CTV News ; People living in Toronto's banned tiny shelters share how they've changed their lives ; Hundreds of people protest city decision to file application against Toronto carpenter | CBC News; Toronto targets tiny shelters as city ranked 5th most unaffordable housing market in world

Warning Letter Against Project: City issues warning letter to Toronto carpenter building shelters for unhoused people | CBC News

Injunction against Project: As Toronto cracks down on tiny shelters, a woman who lived in one says it 'felt like a home' | CBC Radio

Response to Injunction: Toronto carpenter who builds tiny shelters for unhoused people calls on city to drop legal fight | CBC News

Inspired Similar Projects: 'We all live in a city': Father-son pair of landscapers help build shelters in Toronto encampments

Closure of Project: Toronto Tiny Shelters announces it won't return this winter after legal fight with city | CTV News; City's News Release; Minutes of Settlement;

Pathways Inside Program
Alleged Shelter Space by City: City of Toronto secures space in hotels for every person living in 4 'priority' encampment sites | CBC News

Critique of Pathways Inside: Housing activists: Toronto shelter hotel program for encampment residents isn't a solution

Encampment Clearings
City page on Encampments Response: Encampment Outreach & Response – City of Toronto

Toronto cleared the Rosedale Valley homeless encampments and people are furious (blogto.com) January 07, 2020

Homeless advocates worry that group of tents in park to be cleared Monday amid pandemic | CBC News May 03 2020

Activists in Toronto unite to stop clearing of homeless encampments under Gardiner (blogto.com) May 15 2020

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/standoff-between-homeless-city-officials-at-downtown-toronto-encampments

Homeless people in tents fight Toronto parks bylaw amid COVID-19 pandemic | CBC News June 28 2020

City in talks to move homeless people out of tents in 2 parks as nearby residents say they feel unsafe | CBC News June 28 2020 *here the city defers responsibility to Sanctuary, cross reference with transcripts.

People in Moss Park encampment remain defiant, refuse a city notice to clear out | CBC News July 2020

Homeless people in tents fight Toronto parks bylaw amid COVID-19 pandemic | CBC News July 21 2020

People experiencing homelessness fight city in court to stay in their tents | CBC News Sept 30, 2020

Advocates for unhoused people demand that Toronto stop clearing encampments in parks | CBC News December 2020

Academics, lawyers, musicians launch public letters urging city to halt encampment evictions | CBC News December 2020

City tells encampment residents they have until April 6 to remove makeshift homes from parks | CBC News

Joint Letter in Opposition to Encampment Evictions: Academics, lawyers, musicians launch public letters urging city to halt encampment evictions

Park Ambassadors: Toronto mobilizes parks ambassadors to clear encampments, April 22 2021**

City brought bulldozers and police to evict residents from a Toronto encampment, May 19 2021

Toronto is removing people from homeless encampments in Trinity Bellwoods Park (blogto.com) June 22, 2021

People in Toronto are furious about the eviction of homeless campers from Trinity Bellwoods (blogto.com) June 22 2021

Toronto criticized for heavy police presence at Trinity Bellwoods Park encampment (blogto.com) June 23, 2021

Presentation by Ombudsman On Encampment Clearings

Unsure
Man experiencing homelessness 'can't wait to take a bubble bath' after being moved into Toronto apartment | CBC News on April 30 2020

(1082) Dismantling Stubborn Structures - YouTube

What it's like to live in temporary housing in Toronto during COVID-19 on November 29 2020