06-26-2015, 11:15 AM
(06-26-2015, 11:04 AM)plam Wrote:(06-26-2015, 08:59 AM)tomh009 Wrote: Regarding mpd618's point about the neighbourhood conflicts, yes, this can happen. But I really do believe that many low-income people do want to live in a "nice" or "clean" home, as long as they can afford it. We just need to make those kinds of homes available, by focusing the construction costs on the essentials and not on fripperies. And making appropriate-size units, of course.
Yes. I found that Options for Homes was good at constructing such places, which used to be much more inexpensive than other new condos. I used to live in one of those units on Brighton St. The asking price for these units on the resale market has gone curiously high. I wonder about that. (I think they're overpriced for what they are.)
(06-26-2015, 10:56 AM)panamaniac Wrote: At the extreme end, I see that the last of the "Out of the Cold" churches is shutting down its shelter, which suggests that the Region has its act together in terms of sheltering the homeless.
I thought I'd seen coverage about how the Out of the Cold churches were shutting down overnight sheltering because they didn't have the capacity to deal with the clientele they were getting, not because there was adequate capacity.
I believe that was true for some of them, but after alternate arrangements were put in place with the first closings, the other churches seemed to find that there was no longer enough demand to justify continuing their programs. At least that is what I understand. I guess this winter will show whether the Region has adequate programs in place in the absence of "Out of the Cold".