Kate makes an important point with a wonderful example. City and Councillor offer knee jerk negative responses to a reasonable rezoning request from property owner. No one assesses validity of neighbour comments. Stop demonizing the disadvantaged!
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Ford’s PCs issued as many Minister’s Zoning Orders to benefit just the guests at a single Ford family wedding reception as the previous government issued during its entire 15 years in power.
More evidence of sketchy land deals shows just how deep the corruption goes.
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#ldnont Let's support Black Walnut to get more density over the shop! – at London, Ontario
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🧵Thank you to colleagues and members of the public for last night’s respectful debate at SPPC resulting in the approval of locations for the first three hubs as part of our Whole of Community System Response to Health & Homelessness. However, I’d like to expand on a few things…
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The Ward 4 Councillor in London is endagering our citizens. Tonight I sent this letter on behalf of the @StAidansLondon to @MayorMorgan & his colleagues. We cannot be silent while an elected member of our council endangers the most vulnerable. @CBCLondon @LFPress @JaneatLFPress
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“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” scoop.me/housing-first-finla…
True Leadership: Wonderful thread. Thankyou! – at London, Ontario
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London, Ont. has an ambitious goal to build a dozen, 24/7 shelter hubs and 600 high-support housing units in the next three years to address homelessness. @namshine talks to Mayor @JoshMorganLDN about his city’s approach, at 8/11pm | Producer: @Mariasarrouh #ldnont #onpoli
Why London is Changing It's Homelessness Response
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‘We can’t duplex and triplex our way out of our housing shortage - though it’s a good step since we do need more diverse types of housing, and rapidly.’ Incremental change is something, but what we really need is new housing at scale. Good take: theurbanist.org/2020/01/29/h…
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Sister Pat reflects on the homeless situation in London with prayers for a better future. Encounters on the Trail csjcanada.org/blog/encounter…
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This is such an inspiration. It shows can happen when an entire community comes together to address homelessness. So proud of #ldnont . @LFPress , please continue coverage of this nationally important story. Can’t wait to see outcomes. lfpress.com/news/local-news/…
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“If you sleep warm, with a roof over your head, you need to step up.” In today’s On the House column, our real estate analyst Marcus Plowright explains why every Londoner needs to be part of the homelessness solution: bit.ly/3ZcMKKn #ldnont #519ldn @ateamlondon
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New podcast!
First, @marcusplow and I discuss the Fund for Change and battling homelessness in the city.
Then, I play you some clips from a meeting at #ldnont city hall where several people outed themselves as pro-homelessness.
Quite a juxtaposition!
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Can London end its homelessness crisis? There is a commitment to do things differently. There's also new money to back it up. More w/ @HealthCentre physician @andreasereda + @marcusplow, who has been working with the anonymous donor. #ldnont
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