Toronto's homeless

“The occupancy hasn’t gone down” - Paul Raftis, General Manager of City Shelters

Despite investing an avg of $30MM year over year, the occupancy has only but risen to 95%.

“Our shelter system is over capacity today and we are really struggling” - Joe Cressy, Toronto City Councillor

Map: 2017 homeless shelter deaths (vs 15 outside)

"Someone is going to die. We need to wake ourselves from our inertia." - Sarah Polley, Political Activist

Responses from a targeted survey carried out by the City in 2015, were disproportionately centered on affordable housing.

This suggest two things, shelter should be at the forefront of our concern and more qualatative research is needed to hear their voices.

References

Chapter 01: Daily Shelter Capacity - Toronto

Chapter 02: 2016 Statistics on Deaths of Shelter Residents

Chapter 03: Poverty Reduction Strategy Consultation