05-28-2022, 09:41 AM
Homes first are a great idea, but the problem is street recidivism. It's easy enough to take homeless people and put them in homes, but unless you tackle the things that put them on the streets in the first place - drug addiction, mental health, trauma etc - it's hard to keep them from falling back to where they came from. You can stick them in houses but if they still have an addiction to drugs or unchecked trauma, they quickly go back to their coping mechanisms. Not to mention, many street people are just so used to the streets that it's hard for them to participate in something that requires paying bill, finding employment, following social rules and so on.
As for ABTC I don't think they have a permanent location yet. The plans to move to Breslau fell through because of NIMBY opposition. I remember some people were claiming that there would be pedophiles preying on school children and other BS. I believe they are currently next to the WRDSB office complex on Ardelt Avenue but I don't remember hearing about that being permanent.
As for ABTC I don't think they have a permanent location yet. The plans to move to Breslau fell through because of NIMBY opposition. I remember some people were claiming that there would be pedophiles preying on school children and other BS. I believe they are currently next to the WRDSB office complex on Ardelt Avenue but I don't remember hearing about that being permanent.