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Faith Connection rallies around homeless initiative Carpenter Khaleel Seivwright is constructing tiny shelters for Toronto’s homeless. Photo courtesy Khaleel Seivwright Faith Connection rallies around homeless initiative By Jacob Stocking, Youth Speak News May 12, 2021
While most Torontonians are following public health orders to stay home, many of the city’s homeless are still trying to find one.
Toronto Tiny Shelters, an organization fronted by Khaleel Seivwright, a carpenter from Scarborough, Ont., has been constructing shelters since last September to help those without a place to go. But the project has run into opposition from the City of Toronto, which has applied for an injunction with the Ontario Superior Court to forbid placing such structures on city property. It has cited “serious safety concerns,” including fires and lack of access to water and sanitation, as well as bylaws that prohibit camping on city property
The city has failed to provide shelters for homeless residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is now working against those attempting to help
In Toronto, a carpenter named Khaleel Seivwright has been providing the homeless in the city with tiny shelters to help them get through the winter since last fall, even raising over $200,000 to help with project costs. The city has now filed an injunction against Sievwright in response to his attempt to help not only improve living conditions for those without a home of their own but also to help save lives. If the injunction is granted, Sievwright will have to stop providing these shelters, or he will risk facing fines, criminal charges, and imprisonment.
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There are only a few conceivably worse headlines for a municipality’s communications department than “Toronto seeks injunction to stop man from building tiny shelters for the homeless.”
Maybe something like “City stops man from delivering Christmas presents to orphans.” Or “Officials shut down little girls’ lemonade stand for lack of permit.” (Though that actually happened in Ottawa.) Or “City tells families to stop visiting loved ones at long-term-care facility windows.” (That also happened, in Ottawa.)
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