Social Housing Not Social Cleansing

Tuesday, February 1
12 noon
All Saints Church (corner Dundas/Sherbourne)

MEAL, then, on to City Hall!

co-sponsored by the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee (TDRC)

On February 1, Toronto City Council will vote on a proposal to ban homeless people from sleeping in Nathan Phillips Square. People sleep at City Hall because the shelters are full and conditions in many of them are dreadful. People are forced to sleep outside because there's not enough truly affordable housing. By removing the homeless from the Square, the politicians hope to remove a major political embarrassment from under their noses. They will also send a message to every cop, City official, and narrow-minded vigilante in Toronto that it is open season on the homeless.

Council talks about wanting to find 'solutions' to the housing crisis. The City owns a beautiful, six-story building at 590 jarvis that could be social housing. Instead, they are selling it to a condo developer. We are organizing a community tour of the property to show the whole City what a precious resource is being squandered. On February 1, we will be asking for the key so that 590 Jarvis can be inspected by community representatives and to confront and defeat the bylaw against sleeping in Nathan Phillips Square.

Come out on February 1st to demand housing for all -- not crackdowns on the homeless.

for more info contact OCAP: 416-925-6939 ocap@tao.ca