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Pathways Inside Program
On March 16, 2021, the city of Toronto announced, via news release, what it described as a new city program that would support people living in encampments with safe and supportive indoor space. The Pathways Inside program was announced in response to the encampments which had sprung up around the city's downtown core during the Covid-19 pandemic. These encampments are described by the city as unsafe and illegal. The program identifies "four priority sites, namely Moss Park, Alexandra Park, Trinity Bellwoods and Lamport Stadium, that are subject to increased health and safety concerns". Prior to the announcement, the city leased the downtown Novotel Toronto Centre Hotel as a shelter to be operated by the housing agency: Homes First Society, to allow for more physical distancing.