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This would be my 'dream project', now whether it ends up here, or utilizing the buildings that already exist in a place like Michener Center, or even built on the edge of the City, the plan is to take people from the streets and work together to reintegrate them back into society. This would be funded from private sponsorship, donations, Provincial and Federal funding and grants. The only portion I believe our city should pay for is to provide the buildings and rent or lease them to third-parties. Again this is just an IDEA and not a final project that I expect for the City. The point of the "district" is to take people from the street TO a shelter TO a tiny home TO affordable housing OR from the street TO a shelter TO Rehab TO hopefully affordable housing or tiny home as a temporary solution. The tiny homes are meant as a temporary 'stepping stone' not a permanent home, though this doesn't stop the City or a developer from creating affordable tiny home/container districts throughout the newer portions of our city. Yes, that says Soup Kitchen. I want the current facility on 60th Street to be reverted to another use, it's time to centralize the services in our city, and stop the seasonal migration of our transient population all over the city. Bring everyone together in one place, give them the services to recover and rehabilitate themselves back into society. As I mentioned, it's the "concept" not a final "project" that I include on this section. We need to work together with a collaborative society on a path forward in our city for homelessness and drug addiction. A "first and more affordable phase" until additional funding were available to build the ultimate project below.  My handwritten draft from my thoughts...  For those who like a pretty picture... 
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My personal 'dream' (not so much a solution, but at least better than the status quo) solution (which she doesn't care about): >If I had unlimited funds< or directed our finances into improving our infrastructure vs just expanding while band-aiding together what we have. I will do what I can to help everyone in our city equally, not just pretend they don't exist or create some label to make other people feel better.
There are a few options, but I’d like to see a new permanent, government-regulated facility that combines safe injection, recovery services, and overdose support all in one place. I also support building a tiny home village—or similar structures—to help get people off the streets, especially those who want a real shot at recovery (to a better life). I’d probably tear down a few of the old buildings (the old Fabricland, the old warehouse which is now two churches), buy out the contract on the school bus land, and start cleaning up the neighborhood. At the very least, we need to get the homeless off that prison-style parking lot behind Alpha and into a facility that treats them like human beings. I recently saw a private citizen in Eastern Canada invest $4 million to build 99 tiny homes (the upper tier Governments kicked in $13M), while the federal Liberal government struggles to spend $250 million to build even one. Meanwhile, our city committed $9.5 million to rebuilding a pedestrian bridge—for selfies and homeless highways—something I’ve yet to hear a single resident (who isn't a developer, or has a financial interest in it) say they supported. We can do better. |