Given the option to relocate to other community housing, most did, with nearly a third having to move at least 10 kilometres away. It was the night of April 13, 2017, and those living in the units slated for closure had been asked to gather inside the gymnasium at Firgrove Public School. Officials from Toronto Community Housing spun a drum, like the kind used for bingo draws, pulling numbers. Rose’s assessment was apt: The rapid decline of Toronto’s public housing is tied to a mid-1990s decision by Jean Chrétien’s Liberal government that put federal funding for public housing on the chopping block. Toronto Community Housing was born out of those decisions, as was the mounting financial burden that Toronto is now incapable of carrying alone.

Source: thestar May 17, 2018 09:10 UTC