As the number of homeless encampments in Toronto grows, city hall is proposing a new strategy that puts more housing resources toward a handful of larger camps — while also using security to prevent new tents from being erected.
The strategy unveiled Wednesday calls on councillors to endorse the approach taken since last summer to tackle a large camp at Allan Gardens — allocating more staff, concentrating resources like rent subsidies and running tax and identification clinics — and expand it to other locations.
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