Manuela Vega
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Yes, the city placed the blocks and fencing the next day
The move has sparked more frustration for members of the Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields, who see the blocks and fencing as an “aggressive” move that makes the church look uninviting and bars it from using the courtyard at all. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
The city dropped concrete blocks, fencing at the site of a Kensington encampment. The nearby church wants them gone
The city says they’re temporary, but the church, which supported the encampment, says more blocks and fencing remain from a clearing two years ago.
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The City of Toronto, accompanied by police and security guards, cleared an encampment outside the Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields near College and Augusta streets on Thursday, after a fire hazard order from the fire department. @thestar.com www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...
City clears Kensington-area church encampment after Toronto Fire order
City workers offered shelter spaces and “homelessness supports” to the 12 occupants ahead of Thursday’s 1 p.m. deadline from Toronto Fire.
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Days after the City of Toronto brought in heavy machinery to clear a homeless encampment at Dufferin Grove Park, city staff and private security on Wednesday cleared the park again after people had promptly returned.

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Six people arrested at second Dufferin Grove encampment clearing
‘Every effort has been made’ to care for encampment residents, ensure the public’s use of the park and to avoid enforcement, says the city’s head of shelter services.
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Key findings include that Black renters are overrepresented in eviction cases — making up 15% of the racialized population but 25% of evictions among racialized people — and that people who have been evicted report the lowest levels of physical and mental health. www.thestar.com/news/gta/nea...
Nearly a third of people who have been homeless were evicted at some point, CMHC says
A series of studies on evictions found Black and Indigenous renters are overrepresented in eviction cases, and people who have experienced eviction report the lowest levels of physical and mental
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Independent UN commission finds that’s Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza *since* October 7.

The report was limited to Gaza, but raises the “serious concern” that Israel intends “to destroy the Palestinians as a whole.”
About 100 Thorncliffe Park households have reached an agreement with Starlight Investments, seemingly ending a lengthy public battle that saw the working-class tenants withhold rent from Canada’s largest private landlord for two years.

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Around 100 households on rent strike and facing mass eviction reach ‘amicable agreement’ with landlord
Tenants at 71, 75 and 79 Thorncliffe Park Dr. began withholding rent from landlord Starlight in May 2023.
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Groups representing about 90,000 Ontario realtors are calling on the province to reform the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) after the government said Thursday it would intervene in an “extensive review” of the regulator. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
iPro scandal: Groups representing 90,000 realtors call on province to reform RECO
RECO said it's working with the insurer to expedite deposit and commission claims, with payments beginning Friday.
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About 100 Thorncliffe Park households awaiting an eviction decision over a two-year rent strike say they rejected their landlord’s final settlement offer because it would “silence” them if future issues were to arise.

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Tenants facing mass eviction say negotiations broke down over clause meant to ‘silence’ them
Landlord Starlight Investments says it "has never sought to prevent residents from raising concerns."
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