WINDSOR, ONT. The City of Windsor will be creating a new homeless and housing hub after council unanimously supported the vision at a special meeting of council Monday. The city has been operating a hub model at Windsor Water World during the pandemic and learned some troubling statistics about the homeless population in Windsor 350 people have been identified as chronically homeless. “Our goal in the community is to make homelessness as infrequent and as short term as possible,” said Jennifer Tanner, the city’s manager of housing and homelessness. Council has delegated authority for the city to begin consultations and planning for a 60-bed emergency shelter, which would be augmented with other supports for diversion and mediation, outreach supports, healthcare and mental health practitioners as well as addiction counselling.
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City administration will immediately begin the process of forming a steering committee to work on finding a location for the centre, push for government funding to help pay for operations and assemble social service community partners who wish to be engaged at the new hub.
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It is hoped either renovation of an existing vacant structure or getting a shovel in the ground if determined a new building is the best option can get underway in about a year.
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River Place residents move into tents after eviction deadline passes
Some River Place Residence tenants were evicted Wednesday after a deadline passed to vacate over safety concerns. Now, some are living in tents on the building s lawn.
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Posted: Jul 21, 2021 6:24 PM ET | Last Updated: July 21
Tenants at River Place Residence in Sandwich Town had until midnight to vacate the property, which has been deemed unsafe to live in.(Jacob Barker/CBC)
River Place Residence tenants in Windsor, Ont., were evicted Wednesday after a deadline passed to vacate the apartment building over safety concerns.
As of Wednesday afternoon, windows and doors were boarded up and tents along with residents belongings could be seen on the lawn of the Sandwich Town building.
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A man in his 80s lived in shelters for two years. He received no other help. His name wasn’t even on a waiting list for housing.
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A woman who needed long-term care lived in a shelter for almost a year. No one assessed whether or not she was eligible for long-term care.
A woman who walks with a cane shuttled, in pain, two kilometres every day between two shelters, one where she could sleep at night and one where she could spend the day. She cried and begged for help finding a place to live.