TORONTO — The City of Toronto will expand the capacity of its shelter system this winter, but says more still needs to be done to address the increasing demands of the homelessness crisis.
The city says it will be adding up to 530 temporary spaces to existing shelters, and activate 218 spaces in four warming centres across the city when temperatures reach -5 C or when the federal environment agency issues a winter weather warning.Since more than half of the people using shelters are refugee claimants, the city says it will create 200 new spaces in refugee houses, 100 of which will open this winter.
Coun. Alejandra Bravo said while the city is working on additional resources,"more needs to be done" to improve the capacity of a system that currently supports 12,200 people.
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