Cole Webber
@colefwebber
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legal clinic worker in Parkdale
Toronto, Ontario
Joined September 2012
There are now almost as many homeless people whose main source of income is from work (15%) as there are on ODSP (16%).
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Homelessness in Toronto has doubled since 2021 and the number of working homeless is up four percent in the same period, according to the city's new survey numbers. Part-time work is now the third most frequently reported source of income among homeless people after OW and ODSP.
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A seemingly obvious connection that is often not made.
New: Numbers from the city show that as of last fall, there were about 15,400 people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, more than double the 7,300 estimate from April 2021.
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RT @BenSpurr: New: Numbers from the city show that as of last fall, there were about 15,400 people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, mo….
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Cops, courts, police, politicians: the state deploys significant resources to evict one elderly tenant.
He’s 91 and facing eviction. Toronto’s housing crisis is playing out for this senior. Amid a heat warning in effect in Toronto, law enforcement and municipal political staff tried to find Isidoro Ventullo time, shelter space or another roof, to no avail.
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RT @SHJNetwork: The municipal & provincial government carry a huge amount of the responsibility for this persons death. 1.Ignoring most of….
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RT @renovictions: PSP Investments’ application for their Downsview development is on the agenda at North York Community Council this Thursd….
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RT @PalestineLabour: On June 20, @YorkParamedics fired Katherine Grzejszczak for posting in solidarity with Palestine. Take 2 mins & send a….
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RT @YUFAyorku: York University Faculty Association (YUFA) Statement on the Resignation of York University President Rhonda Lenton - June 2….
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RT @fireineveryshot: Compare the imposed austerity of asking tenants to use their air conditioners less to the profligacy of the energy use….
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RT @dmrider: Toronto high school cancels student comments in yearbook rather than print “Free Palestine” and “Free Tibet” - the latest cont….
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RT @GabeOatley: Scoop: York University's president Rhonda Lenton has announced she will depart from the top job 18-months early. Her term h….
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RT @tparktenants: From Sunday to Tuesday there were recurring power outages at 71 Thorncliffe Park. Tenants could not cool our apartments d….
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RT @_manuelavega: The fate of more than 100 East York households on rent strike now rests with the Landlord and Tenant Board after eviction….
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RT @TorontoStar: More than 100 households on rent strike await their fate after four-day eviction hearing ends. Thorncliffe Park tenants h….
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RT @tparktenants: Since Starlight and PSP Investments acquired our buildings we have faced frequent day-long, building-wide water shut down….
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RT @colefwebber: Starlight and PSP scuttled the Thorncliffe Park rent strike settlement when at the eleventh hour they insisted tenants sig….
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RT @leighbeadon: Telling that the non-disparagement clause specifically barred "attribution of improper or ulterior motives". They REALLY d….
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