Saturday, August 29, 2020

Not In MY Gated Backyard

A resident at a downtown Toronto condominium says she’s scared to leave her own home, pointing to a number of problems resulting from a temporary homeless shelter set up adjacent to her building.

“The concierge was attacked with an axe a couple of weeks ago, I personally now choose not to walk on York Street at all,” says Claire, who did not give her last name and who has lived at 33 University Ave. for nearly two decades.

She and a number of other residents have voiced concerns to their property manager about the Strathcona Hotel becoming a temporary shelter.

They say problems range from finding dirty needles on the property to shelter residents urinating on the flower beds and some allegedly accosting those who live in the condo building.

Ask this concerned citizen if she still has a problem with drugs sites in other neighbourhoods not near hers.

 

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