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UPDATE!

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Awaiting the release of Aly Khan from 14 Division.
Conditions were reduced from outrageous to just mean.

Thanks to all who called and emailed!

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#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #FuckThePolice #acab #TorontoActivists

To expedite things, here is the info for calling/emailing:

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Ausma Malik ⬅️
City Councillor for Ward 10 – Spadina–Fort York
Telephone: 416-392-4044
Email: Councillor_Malik@toronto.ca

Paul Johnson ⬅️
City Manager
Telephone: 416-392-8673
Email: paul.johnson@toronto.ca

Phone/e-mail script:

I am writing to demand the immediate release of the Encampment Support Network Parkdale member Alykhan Pabani from pre-trial detention at 14 Division. He has been detained for nearly 24 hours for the non-criminal charge of trespassing on a public park, in order to prevent his on-the-ground support work with unhoused residents of Lamport Stadium.

He was denied food for 12 hours, denied a blanket, and has no reliable source of drinking water in his cell.

I am also demanding that his ban from public parks be dropped. It is unconstitutional to try to bar an individual’s right to free expression and association in public space, and a clear attack on political organizing and activism efforts.

Signed,

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#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #FuckThePolice #acab #TorontoActivists

I’m here again more now.
Reintroduction:
Follow me for #Seattle #WashingtonState #Urbanism #Transit #Housing #TenantRights #KingCounty #Mobility #MobilityData #TripPlanning #TransitTech #TransitData #FourFloorsAndCornerStores #RezoneSeattle #ShareTheCities #UpgradeKingCounty #PRIMBY #YIOBY #HousingNow #GenX #IndieRock #Gardening #CheeseTwitterMeetups #Advocacy #Activism #Urbanist #ClimateJustice #RacialJustice #ImmigrantRights #LandBack

My rad buddies run this instance:
social ridetrans it

Going to unwind watching the opening of the documentary about tiny houses.

Having been part of the defence of the last remaining one, I am pleased to be here.

#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #ACAB #FTP

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow

Got lots of money💰 for 🐖🐖🐖 though, eh?

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Emergency funding has dried up, and the head of Toronto’s shelter department says without $317 million, the city will have to shut more shelters
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— Why the homelessness crisis could get even worse
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/04/10/short-of-major-new-funding-torontos-homelessness-crisis-is-about-to-get-even-worse-city-hall-warns.html?

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Toronto is in the throes of a homelessness crisis that’s only getting worse, but new budgets from the federal and provincial governments have failed to offer a life raft, says the head of the city’s shelter system. Short of a major infusion of new funds, he’s warning that Toronto could see fast-tracked shelter closures and increasingly squeezed sites as early as the start of next year.

Gord Tanner, general manager of city hall’s shelter, support and housing administration division, delivered a plain-spoken warning to city councillors at their last meeting, then elaborated on it in an interview with the Star. The city is spending $317 million more than it has to operate shelters this year, he said. If that hole is not filled in January 2024, he fears the city will be forced to shut down more shelters than planned — despite the system often operating at capacity, with 72 people on average turned away from shelter each day in February.
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#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
#TOpoli #EggMan #EggManForMayor #TorontoMayorElection #Toronto
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista

#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

#Solidarity with #Vancouver comrades as this horror takes place.
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City says it has requested police support to 'bring the East Hastings encampment to a close'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vpd-encampment-removal-1.6802439

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The letter says the plan will only serve to further traumatize the community and perpetuate tensions between police, city officials and DTES residents. It also says 89 units of housing promised by the city and province are not yet available and that city's actions will not get people off the streets.

"We call on the City of Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia to prioritize the provision of adequate housing and support services for those in need first, rather than displace individuals," said the letter, signed by The Coordinated Community Response Network (CCRN), Exchange Inner City, and the Vancouver Urban Core Frontline Worker's Association.
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#SocialMurder #StateViolence #HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #ACAB #FTP #YVR

They always do shit like this on Fridays.

The report was released a week ago¹ Friday, and discussion² of the report magically didn't take place until — *dun dun dun* — Friday.

This is certainly an improvement over Burnside's performance³, and yet she could have stepped up to the plate to voted DIFFERENTLY on a number of motions.

Here's hoping Alejandra Bravo puts her money where her mouth is as we head into this year's season of state violence against the unhoused.

#EncampmentClearings #StateViolence
#LamportStadium #AlexandraPark #TrinityBellwoods #TOpoli #ONpoli #CanPoli

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¹ https://www.ombudsmantoronto.ca/Publications/News-Releases/News-Folder/Toronto-s-Ombudsman-says-City-Chose-Speed-over-Peo

² https://www.youtube.com/live/JHuVVO3kbZg?feature=share&t=23741

³ https://kolektiva.social/@Gigi/110130402223422273

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions
#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #ACAB #FTP

Burnside🐽👮🏻‍♂️, is known in housing advocacy circles as "Chair Boy" (among other names) because, last summer, with his VERY OWN HANDS, he posted trespass notices on some folding chairs in Clarence Square, deeming them illicit shelters.

I mean, I *guess* a case could be made for that since I, among others, did spend at least one night huddled in them, in order to be on-site for an expected encampment clearing at un-fucking-godly o'clock, before the subways would be running, to coordinate the legal observers.

Which, now that I think about it, is probably where mirror-neuronless fash-funnel #CarymaNgo probably got the idea for her article about "fake" unhoused people. 🤦🏾‍♀️

Yeah, I stayed in the encampment, you evil sow🐽 (we both know you're going to read this), but not to take up space, but to do community defence, something you know nothing about.
That article is coming. 🔥
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#TOpoli #ONpoli
#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #ACAB #FTP

Jon Burnside (behind Matlow) really resents listenting to someone describe unhoused people as worthy of consideration.

He loves NOTHING more than to strip them of what little dignity and/or belongings they have.

He is, incidentally, a former cop and a complete monster at least partially responsible for the violence at the 2021 encampment clearings.

Oh wait, there's redundancy in there.

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#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista
#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #ACAB #FTP

Ya don't say?

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Toronto showed 'significant unfairness' in controversial encampment clearings, report finds¹
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Toronto showed "significant unfairness" when it cleared encampments in the summer of 2021 and chose to act quickly despite there being no urgency to do so, an investigation into the controversial moves has found.

In a report released Friday, Toronto Ombudsman Kwame Addo says the city chose "speed over people" when it forcefully cleared encampments in Trinity Bellwoods, Alexandra and Lamport Stadium parks.

"Our investigation found the City displayed insufficient regard for the people it moved out of the parks," Addo said.
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¹✨️ Link to Article

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/encampment-clearing-investigation-toronto-ombudsman-1.6789619
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#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #ACAB #FTP
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #LOLife #LegalObserver

The shelter in question.

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence​
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence​
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista

#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe​

Up first, Aliya Pabani giving context for today's presser.

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista

#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

Getting started.
Media is setting up.

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista
#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

📣 #AlertaAlertaAntifascista 📣
HOUSING ACTION TOMORROW
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 1 p.m.
60 York St, Toronto

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STRATHCONA RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT!
EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE

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🏘 The City and managers at Homes First Society are evicting residents of the Strathcona shelter hotel and forcibly transferring them to inappropriate congregate spaces with zero notice, zero consultation, and zero regard for the rights and wellbeing of residents.

🏘 This course of action by the shelter admin appears to have been planned with as little notice to residents as possible in order to prevent organizing in the community to hold the city to account.

🏘 From the time residents first received notice, in a matter of days, the city has already forced dozens of our friends at the Strathcona out to scattered congregate bunks.

🏘 The remaining Strathcona residents and comrades at ESN - Parkdale are organizing an emergency press conference and rally tomorrow (Thursday march 23rd) at 1PM at the Strathcona (60 York St).

🏘 Residents and Organizers are asking for support from ally organizations, co-strugglers, and our community members tomorrow to stand in solidarity and speak out against this ongoing injustice!

Background:
Residents were told in mid March that they were being evicted from the Strathcona and would have until April 12th to gather their belongings and shelter space to relocate to, but within just days of this notice dozens have been coerced into leaving, pushed into cabs without knowing anything about the isolated and divergent congregate shelters they’re being relocated to.

Many Strathcona residents are seniors, and people with disabilities ♿️ who had been living there for several years. Residents are standing their ground until they’re given actual housing and community members are standing in solidarity.

The press conference and rally will demand actual housing🏘, will demand a halt to the forced and harmful transfers being executed without any notice or consultation, and will raise awareness of the ongoing injustices taking place at the Strathcona and across this city’s discordant and inadequate shelter system.

Posts for more info:
https://twitter.com/esnparkdale/status/1638588333415620608?s=46&t=IgoZIJrilMhDD3YFHeEJ9g

https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGb9Rfp3jY/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

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#HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingForAll #HousingNow #TorontoActivists #TorontoActions #WhoKeepsUsSafe #LOLife #LegalObserver

Rent rollbacks EVERYWHERE.

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Mayor Steve Noble says the situation is untenable. “We are a close-knit community, and housing is a right people should have access to. But I can’t have an apartment that cost $1,000 three years ago cost $2,250 today, when I know I haven’t raised taxes in seven years in this city.”

What began 10 years ago as a trend of city-dwellers flocking to Kingston as an alternative to the Hamptons was exacerbated by the pandemic. Younger New Yorkers drawn to Kingston’s Instagram-worthy Uptown and the Rondout district’s charming riverfront also found its outdoorsy backdrops suitable for remote work. Landlords in Kingston responded to the demand by converting houses into Airbnbs – between 2019 and 2021, there was a 30% surge in short-term rental bookings in Ulster county, which includes Kingston and the nearby town of Woodstock, with nearly 2,000 active vacation rentals charging an average nightly rate of $441, according to a rental industry report.

Some transplants tussled with investors and developers and snatched up properties of their own. All of this has led to a surge in housing prices in the last few years, at one point more rapidly than in any other city in the country.

This race to profit has pushed tenants like Treasure to the brink, forcing them to fight for what could become one of the most dramatic rent overhauls in recent American history. Last year, Treasure and other residents helped enact an unprecedented housing regulation, using a decades-old “housing emergency” law to order a rent reduction across 1,200 of Kingston’s older apartments.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/07/new-york-housing-rent-costs-kingston-tenants

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow

In Toronto?
Love community?
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HMU in DM for details on an action later today.🥚

#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista
#TorontoActivists #JailSupport #Antifa #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow

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#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
#WhoKeepsUsSafe
#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #DefundThePolice #DefundDisarmDismantle

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Can we PLEASE get a whole hour, one day, without rampant shitlibbery?
One whole hour?

I, for one, am sad that I could not rearrange my day (for the second day in a row) to be on-site.
Some things really are that important.

And with that, I am actually going to post that introduction thread I have been sitting on.

#FuckShitlibs #HousingNow #HousingForAll #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #Antifascists #DefundThePolice

VIDEO
Posted by Desmond Cole

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I'm at city hall. the council chamber has been cleared twice for people disruptions, but this time many haven't left, and neither have most media. here a sample of what people are saying:
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#DefundThePolice #FundOurCommunities
#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista
#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

(Because it's fucking important to have this seen, I have liberated it from the birdsite.)

I absolutely 💛💚💙🩵💜🩷🧡🖤❤ my friends and their rock solid commitment to a better world.

“House the homeless,
Feed the poor,
Kick John Tory out the door.”

Released without conditions. ✊🏾

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
#WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista
#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe