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Tent encampments on the rise in Toronto, appearing in places not seen before: city
The number of tents set up by unhoused people in Toronto is rising and encampments are appearing in parks and ravines outside ...
Toronto’s tent encampments are up 20% — expanding into areas they’ve never been found in before
Last spring, there was only one; in the three springs before, none at all.
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Toronto Tent City residents, support workers gather 15 years later
WoodGreen Community Services, the City of Toronto, and numerous front line staff co-ordinated the response. The east Toronto social service agency stepped in to provide emergency housing as well as ...
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Toronto can end tents in parks: Here’s a city that solved street homelessness — and how we can do it too
If you only looked at Allan Gardens, Toronto’s new strategy for tackling homeless encampments would seem like a slam dunk. The downtown park, which was one of the city’s biggest tent ...
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WoodGreen hosts Tent City’s 15th anniversary reunion in east Toronto
24, 2002, private security guards and Toronto police officers evicted more than 100 people ... and eviction prevention supports for many former Tent City residents.