A farmhouse located in Pickering's north end has now been turned into a hobby farm and affordable housing for seven people experiencing homelessness in Durham Region.
A charity in Durham Region is supplying seven people experiencing homelessness with affordable housing at an old farmhouse in north Pickering. The doors opened on Oct. 10.A farmhouse located in Pickering's north end has now been turned into a hobby farm and affordable housing for seven people experiencing homelessness in Durham Region. A charity has taken it upon themselves to supply affordable housing in the Greater Toronto Area — by opening transitional housing in old farmhouse.
The farmhouse takes on a unique component by incorporating agricultural work into the residents' transition into permanent housing. While the shelters offer some relief, Brenner said "shelters are not the solution," to ending homelessness. That message is being echoed by tenants of the house like Allan Phillips, who says he spent a few years being homeless in Durham Region before being offered a space in the house.
Eskins says DARS is already looking into continuing the work by turning other farmhouses into transitional housing.
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