According to the amended lease document, the city will pay $100 per room or $592,243 per month (including HST). The park board has no plans to seek an injunction to clear campers from Strathcona Park, where Mayor Kennedy Stewart told me last week had grown to 260 people — almost the same number of people moved from Oppenheimer. However, Mary-Anne Bédard, the city’s general manager of Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, says going forward it wants to engage with the community. Area residents say it’s not that they don’t have compassion for the people experiencing homelessness, rather they think there’s a lack of mental health resources being dedicated to this segment of the population. That question was based on suggestions I heard from residents who addressed the park board related to a revised bylaw concerning homelessness. With a stay at Strathcona Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Toronto, steps from PATH Underground Shopping Mall and 6 minutes by foot from Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Maybe not in so many words, but when I tried several times last week to understand why Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has not taken the same action he did with the Oppenheimer Park tent city — which was to clear it — I didn’t get an answer. Housing is funding the PHS Community Services Society to support people in the park. Housing — along with the City of Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health and non-profit housing providers secured almost 700 spaces in Vancouver for people in temporary accommodations. In a letter to Mayor John Tory and the city, the property management at 33 University Ave. say in part: “Perhaps it is time to consider a permanent solution for them (shelter residents). Click here to learn more. While Peace Camp organizers plan to withdraw 24-hour support at Light Horse Park over the next week, their advocacy will continue, Noyes says. Absolutely realize there has to be a place for the homeless during the pandemic but if Roehampton stays for a few years these safety measures have to be significantly enhanced. That brings the total cost of the lease for just slightly more than a year to $7.5-million, not including $30 per day per client for meals prepared by the Novotel Toronto Centre, another Silver Group hotel. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. The same clinic also provides an overdose outreach team for safe supply and health follow-up. Housing and its community partners are actively assisting with outreach efforts for people who are experiencing homelessness in Vancouver, including at Strathcona Park, and ensuring that people have access to available supports and services as they wait to find a more permanent housing solution.”. The Strathcona became a temporary shelter back on April 10. If there was to be an outbreak, it would spread everywhere,” says employee James Mosley. It was the site of another tent city in 2014 before the then-park board successfully sought an injunction to clear the park. Peter Noivo, one of around 50 people at Peace Camp, said he plans to move to the shelter once it's open. Please see my update here: https://t.co/H5tkI3Og0T https://t.co/Ya7wAUDzq0. … No, it’s not right,” says resident Marilyn Mayers, who adds she doesn’t feel comfortable letting her teenage daughter walk around in the area by herself anymore. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. While the Broadway Avenue program is scheduled to close at the end of this month (the city says they're working to rehouse all residents there), what was initially supposed to be a temporary program at the Roehampton has since turned into a more long-term solution. The city has committed to providing food, washrooms and shower services for people onsite, along with access to housing and health care support. John Coupar and a statement from the park board all made that clear to me last week, as anyone studying this issue, or simply going for a walk in their neighbourhood, has concluded for decades. How much provincial money is required for operating funds with such a sign-off was unclear Tuesday. One where they can reside in an area that will not threaten the health of others, while hopefully receiving the mental health care they appear to badly require.”.