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Jarvis: 'The issue is big, it is complex and we can't rely on the benevolence of good-hearted people to solve this problem'


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A man in his 80s lived in shelters for two years. He received no other help. His name wasn’t even on a waiting list for housing.
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Jarvis: The issue is big, it is complex and we can t rely on the benevolence of good-hearted people to solve this problem Back to video
A woman who needed long-term care lived in a shelter for almost a year. No one assessed whether or not she was eligible for long-term care.
A woman who walks with a cane shuttled, in pain, two kilometres every day between two shelters, one where she could sleep at night and one where she could spend the day. She cried and begged for help finding a place to live. ....

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Residence declared unsafe by city, prohibits occupancy


Author of the article: Brian Cross
Publishing date: Jul 15, 2021  •  10 hours ago  •  5 minute read  • 
Sarah Hodgkins, a resident at River Place at 245 Detroit St., in Old Sandwich Town, takes a look into the men s community bathroom on Thursday, July 15, 2021. The City of Windsor issued a Prohibition of Occupancy Order and all residents must be out of the building by July 20. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star
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“Unliveable, unliveable” conditions from unusable toilets and no running water to feces on the floors and fire alarms ripped from the walls have forced the City of Windsor to pull the plug on a sprawling dorm-like building with dozens of tenants and an unknown number of squatters. ....

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