Toronto Public Housing

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The paper presents the issue as it relates to Toronto's housed citizens and its homeless ones. The paper relates that over the course of the past several years, Toronto's attempts to create new and expand existing homeless service venues, such as soup kitchens and shelters, has resulted in a significant anti- homeless and anti-service movement. The paper explains that while the community may have the responsibility to provide social and other services to every member of the community, the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) reaction of the housed citizens can be equally strong.

From the Paper:

"Toronto's difficulties in effectively managing it's homeless problem in terms of controlling, moving, sheltering and providing services for the indigent has created a significant set of ancillary problems between the Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY)-leaning people and the homeless advocates and activists of that city. Over the course of the past several years, the city's attempts to create new and expand existing homeless service venues such as soup-kitchens and shelters has resulted in a significant anti-homeless and anti-service movement."

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