“It is extremely concerning that governments continue to act as though this isn’t illegal when it very clearly is”
“Everyone sheltering at the encampment is being offered support to find alternative housing, either through assistance relocating to available shelter or supportive housing spaces in the community or through rent supplements for use in the private market,” Kahlon wrote.
He said construction of a new 50-bed temporary shelter at Lonzo Park would begin once the lot was cleared, noting that the site was located on provincial land.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.He did not answer direct questions as to where current residents displaced from the site would find housing while a new shelter was built, nor did he address claims that shelter beds are not considered housing under Canadian law.
Legal experts noted that neither Canadian nor international law considered shelter beds to be “housing” and that the constant displacement of homeless people had significant negative effects. “We’re talking about the right to stay alive, the right to psychological security, the right to fundamental personal choices about where you shelter in really difficult circumstances,” Riddle said. “You have to listen to the people staying there and trust that they care about staying alive.”
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