New bylaw keeps public safe and protects homeless people: Guelph mayor | Globalnews.ca
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The motion was passed at Wednesday night's council meeting, and limits the number of encampments in public spaces. It goes into effect on Oct. 1.
  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If you want to not see homeless, build them housing. That, a shower and a mailbox make a fuck of a lot of difference, and it’s cheaper.

    Build it a ways out. Make it out of concrete so it’s maintenance free and fire-resistant. Make it tall because they’re not making any more real estate. Spend the money like an adult and give it a train connection. Mixed-use buildings only so people without cars have care options. Fuck, build a 200-bed urgent care unit nearby, and dorm some noob docs in the nearby secure building with ground-level Loblaws and the skybridge to work.

    Oh shit. New hyper-dense 15-min neighbourhood.

    Now destroy the old-ass bungalow jungle next door and do the same there. Now we can destroy 4 neighbourhoods because people can fit in 1200sqft units in 35-storey buildings and have a great life sharing the land everyone used to hoard. Sorry, you can’t sleep here overnight. Your housing is over there. We’ll drop you at the hospital for tox screening and they’ll get you home.

    Repeat until we have green space and agri space back and people don’t clog the 401 because they’re all on the train.

    Thanks homeless people!

  • Luci@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Sure it does…

    This move and the closing of the CTS sites is going to lead to deaths. Short sighted NIMBYism.