TOP STORY: 'A crisis situation': Organizations serving Toronto most vulnerable residents brace for a difficult winter
, not to mention the lack of drop-in programs and other essential services for the city’s most vulnerable residents, those who directly support people experiencing homelessness as well as those at risk of losing their homes say they are extremely worried.
“It is heartbreaking all of it, honestly,” shared Curry, whose phone rings off the hook every day with calls from people in crisis pleading for emergency assistance. “There’s nowhere for people to go. There’s never been this many people out there and so few spaces,” he said, noting this crisis will come to a head when the city sees its first significant cold snap and unhoused people freeze to death and/or experience severe weather-related injuries.
Bender said many of TDIN’s 50 member organizations are struggling to keep up with the demand as more and more people find themselves in precarious situations. He said currently Toronto’s shelter system is accommodating more than 8,300 people nightly, which Tanner said is “more people than it ever has before.”
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