More older adults are becoming homeless in Canada and relying on shelters, straining an already under-resourced system, a group of Toronto doctors says in a new report published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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Advocates went to Toronto city hall on Thursday to demand that city councillors speak directly to unhoused people before they make decisions about homelessness.
Toronto will extend the leases of 17 temporary shelter hotels for up to five years as part of its services for unhoused people, city council decided this week.