Homelessness in London, Ontario
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- čas přidán 3. 04. 2023
- The homeless crisis in London has grown rapidly. With low housing supply, unsustainable rent prices and a lack of social assistance, the homeless problem has worsened coming out of the pandemic. This is the story of the crisis, how it came to be and what’s next for a city desperate for a solution.
Sources:
Homelessness and housing statistics: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london....
London’s homeless plan quotes and information: lfpress.com/news/local-news/e...
Data on London rental market: www.zumper.com/rent-research/...
Resources:
The Unity Project: unityproject.ca/
London Cares:
Season Bieronski, Manager of Housing Services
londoncares.ca/
London Housing Community Services: london.ca/living-london/commu...
Western University Purple Hands: www.purplehandsuwo.com/
Guess who caused this real estate "crisis"? The government. By letting everyone borrow "free" money. And what do people do with "free" money? They buy up all the real estate and now they dictate the rental prices/market. The government should have never reduced the interest rate below 12%.
After the government forced mom-and-pop owners out of the market with rent control leaving corporations and investors to fill the void.
I have said for years that the economy should be running between 8 and 10 % interest rate
"People" hahaha yeah banks and chinese companies are People
Yet politicians use our tax money like an ATM machine
Homelessness not seen since the Great Depression
A great doc shedding light on a problem that can no longer be ignored.
CCP CHINA LAND BANKING ALL OVER THE WORLD IS THE MAIN CAUSE.
What do you mean, it can't be ignored. It will be for ever. Wake up.
I met Chuck at tent city many years ago and she made a huge difference in my life! I now live in Kelowna B.C and I still help the homeless wherever I can.
I was very familiar with London in the sixties, and I can agree with today's concerned people that the problem has certainly worsened in the past 20 years, but the roots were obvious in the eighties, when the downtown changed from a pleasant shopping area to a bombed out mess in a very short period of time.
You can't blame Ford and Trudeau for that [though they are both poor leaders]; local politicians looked the other way as industry left town and people fled to poorly planned suburbs. Meanwhile, Kitchener-Waterloo [and sometimes, Cambridge] replaced London as southwestern Ontario's main creator of jobs and technology.
As a filmmaker and one who works directly with unhoused people through the church, I can tell you categorically the filmmakers have "spun" parts of the script to suit their own narrative. For example, not only have they omitted the root cause of homelessness they have minimized the devasting effects of addiction which is the number cause of homelessness, and left out the fact that in my 10 years of experience 90%, if not all, who are suffering from homelessness are suffering from addiction to hard drugs - fentanyl, crack, crystal meth. It's rather elementary: drug addiction causes poverty and poverty causes the inability to pay one's rent. It doesn't take a genius to figure out why the problem has proceeded to worsen to the point of crisis. It's because the authorities and agencies, for some weird reason have, "misdiagnosed" and misacted that the crisis will continue to worsen. I guarantee it. How do I know? I know because history always repeats itself... simple as that.
I use to Live in London & I enjoyed living there. I always felt it was a safe place to live until a brazen murder took place in braid daylight & no one stopped to intervene.
I left London before this event but had plans of returning & since then, there have been more BRAZEN style murders. That put a stop to moving back, now the drug issues & homelessness makes London look unappealing now.
However this is not an isolated issue for London, this is happening in almost all parts of Ontario.
Since Trudeau's first election victory Ontario & many parts of Canada are now falling apart at the seams. Premier Ford is as bad as our federal leaders for all this. What a mess we are in & people still trust our politicians ? One lie after another & with each election things get worse. When will this end >
I had friends in London in the early 2000's and it was such a nice place to visit when wanting a break from my area of Western NY but not wanting to be in crowded Toronto. This is really sad to see Canada suffer such growing pains.
Homelessness in almost every case is about addiction. That may change soon but historically 99% of homeless people are wired to something
Grew up in London. There were only a few, literally A FEW homeless in the 90s. Something else is happening here .
It’s hard to put a finger on it but about 5 years ago the issue in the news was that london had more ‘free’ stuff and injection sites so a migration of homeless from other towns came here
Wow that sheds a whole new light for me on the info tech building. Every time I go by it I'm like oh wow it's getting bigger and more off putting and I'm not sure what to think. Seeing inside the building and what's actually happening there completely changed my mind. It's amazing the work these people are doing and it actually makes so much sense. I'm so glad people have somewhere to be to get their basic needs met. It's clearly needed and I'm also really happy to hear about that large donation. I had no idea. Great video.
I wish they’d stop breaking into my car and smashing my windows in wortley village
This is so true.
I have a friend who lives in an area of London where this is common. He just quit locking his car and leaves nothing in it. Went from having a window broke about once a month to about once every 6 - 8 months now. There are still people who don't bother to try the door before breaking a window.
The problem lies with more immigrants and refugees than we can handle, coupled with housing being treated as a commodity. Both these things can be controlled by the federal government. There is no need for an individual to own several properties to rent out and exploit others.
All enabled and encouraged by government intervention.
Trudeaus version of Canada is appalling.
Doug Ford’s version of Ontario is appalling.
@@joananne7802 .... are you sure?
There are many reasons for homelessness to blame it on one person is wrong , Greed , lack of healthcare lack of housing , Reno evictions ect ect ect
@@gotaplay .... in the real world when things go bad its always the leaders fault.
@@Dracoool I live in the REAL world but this this problem started long before Trudeau . and if you think Trudeau is bad the worst is yet to come if mini trump Pierre gets elected .. There is no ONE cause or one person to blame for this and many of the homeless you see in London today were shipped in from other places Rents have doubled and in some cases tripled in the last few years . Real Estate developers buying up buildings evicting Tennant's doing a few renovations and doubling the rents , for average senior living on CPP and OAS the rents are higher than monthly income ... In Ontario its the conservative government who are the " rich mans " friend .. Obviously your hate for Trudeau shows and you are in titled to your opinion BUT Harper was worse
We really do not need,or want,the background music,please,it belittles what is a serious topic.
How come there is enough room for all the refugees ?
Ask the government why ?
Not one refugee is complaining
Valid statement. It's not refugees you see living on the streets!
@@westwass I don't think they are drug addicts.
P-3's are not working either. Closing the LPH didn't help.Building stupid bus lanes and bike lanes don't help. Priorities out of line. The provincial government made the mistake of down loading housing to municipalities. Now we are paying the price for it.
By design? you will own nothing and be happy. Bringing in millions of people each year doesn't help. Good video. Thank you for discussing this.
When schools are closed down ,could they be converted into housing for the poor instead of demolishing them?
Exactly two schools that are on the brink of closing down Davidson high school and there another one can't remember the name.
they cant afford food, but they can afford dye for there hair
The couple aka blue dyed hair lived above me for several years. New company took over the building, renovated and doubled the rent. They could not afford the rent increase and left. Lets not pass judgment out of ignorance before knowing the facts.
They need to get.more subsidized housing available here. The line is extremely long. I am in a 2 bedroom basement apartment that has ant issues and mold issues and I have a 4 year old who is special needs and we have been waiting to get into subsidized housing for years. I'm kn assistance making 1000 a month from social assistance and 700 from child tax. 1000 goes to my rent (and that is considered cheap rent) and I still have to pay for clothing.. food.. internet.. electricity... for myself and my daughter
I'd love to have a safe subsidized housing for us here in London. Especially with that 25 million they got.
I'd also like to see more job support programs or school support programs as I'd love to go to school to be a 911 dispatcher.
CCP CHINA LAND BANKING ALL OVER THE WORLD IS THE MAIN CAUSE.
We dont have a 'housing' issue, we have a mass imigration issue!
Both
liberals suck
Agreed. It's not immigrants you see homeless on the streets. There is a definite obvious demographic.
Bring in MORE immigrants. That's the answer!
Welcome to the USA. This reminds me of Vancouver. Homeless all over the streets same in Toronto. Everything was all right in America until Greed got in the way.
Sad place London has become...
another day in trudeaus canada
It was here before him.
I agree. Jusin is sooo hot! I like it when he cries and carries his Teddy Bear. Now that he is single I want to date him@@asimskentzos9231
These are scary times because the growth has begun. Once it starts there is no turning back. I grew up in Burlington and never saw a homeless person in this city until my early 40's. I am 50 now and see multiple homeless people and beggars in Burlington.
We do have a problem with homeless people in london.. I wish I had the answer. I like the idea of building tiny home communities. Could this idea be a reality?
More outreach help, more mental health outlets, feeding the poor and contributing towards self accept ion and education .trade work, willingness to work on a farm picking fruits and vegetables.
Praying for us all
Hoping the best for us all
Hope Unifor gets good contracts for my union Brothers and Sisters
London looks like tent city everywhere too bad use to be a nice place to visit and shop forget it now.
Well done video
This was the best place for a hundred years and literally ruined in less than 20 years!! Families and relatives ran out!
So u said we dont have enough housing spaces... wrong... we have tons of housing . Problem is no one can afford to buy a house here tons of houses being built and no one living there because a 200 000 dollar home is over a million dollars. So dont lie. Greed is the issue.
Ill chime in as someone who lived here 20 years ago and just recently moved back.
Overall London is a beautiful city.
Great parks, beautiful trails, great and abundant food.
However, the homeless just smoking meth and feynt in the middle of the street is mental.
Variety stores selling spoons and tin foil and I suspect some of selling the actualy drugs..
Markus Mini Mark comes to mind..
I know it happens in every major city.
Here it happens across the street from the Police station.
They need to clean this up.
Downtown and Dundas the middle half atleast needs to be dealt with.
Just going to keep loosing businesses and people.
If they clean it up it will thrive.
Sure you can move to a less homeless part of the city but out of sight does not mean its not happening.
Im not going to leave the city.
We need to clean this up
Housing first. Housing should be a right. We have the resources to do it but too many people don't view these people as human like the young man said. This program only happened through a private donation.
And who should be forced against their will to provide it?
@@shauncameron8390 it's called living in a society. I don't smoke but my taxes pay for cancer treatments for those that choose to. I don't have kids but my taxes pay for schools. I'm not disabled but my taxes pay to help those that are. If you don't like those things congratulations on being an a$$hole. Don't ever call an ambulance or fire department or cops because my taxes also pay for those for you.
@@Jordan-pf9ws
No. Your taxes go to pay the salaries and pensions of administrators and bureaucrats.
This is the age of growing homelessness.
What is it about drugs that make you lose your self respect, your ambitions, your existence?
Shelters have become unsafe for them what can the city and social workers do to make them safe again.
Exactly
These ppl have worsened the homeless problem. They have made it so easy to be homeless that everyone flocks here.
4 square meals a day and free drugs
😂😂😂 what a load of nonsense. What are you doing to help solve the problem?
@yurabeech5268 it's not nonsense, I was homeless for 4 years. I ate better being homeless than having a full time job. I was given free drugs from intercommunity everyday
Average house prices are around $650k.
Please don’t paint everyone as judgemental toward homeless,we don’t all judge, some like to be able to help
So sadly for the homeless it’s everywhere in Canada. I’m not sure what the answer is but I believe it started at the top by the Liberal government. He does not care about Canadians. Trudeau is in government for himself and no one else. The Liberals have destroyed this once amazing country that I am no longer proud of to call home. We have to get him out of his power trip and bring Canada back to the once prosperous beautiful country it once again was.
i live in a small town in the middle of the woods and ive never seen homeless people here, now, we have 4 in town and that for us is a lot !! It breaks my heart watching us go like we are... I know were better than that as humans, we can do much better than this. I hope we can start to love more and be at peace in our lives.
one huge problem is that municipal government, while crucibles of legislation are also the most poorly funded, decades of cuts from the province and federal government have forced municipalities to make desperate decisions.
Municipalities are part of the problem with their high permit fees and zoning restrictions resulting in high building costs and only luxury condos being the only viable form of housing allowed to be built.
what did the city really do with that $25 million dollars ??? they were supposed to have these hubs, and cancelled, they need to build tiny homes and give back their dignity and self respect to the homeless, its a damn shame that the city of london doesnt care, there is absolutely nothing down town to see or to shop, nothing, not even a decent grociery store, put people where it is close to shopping .
Rent went up because they keep raising property taxes no matter how you look at it people how own property want to make a profit
I just quit working for a resto where my smoking colleagues made me furious and sick everyday for 2 yrs. I have applied to 3,500 jobs, if I can't get an income, I will be homeless out in the snow in 4-5 mos. Autistics like me should be able to get MAID! Easy, quick, permanent!
People don't you understand already, 2001,2008,2020, those years show it to you every 10, 11 years you are going down, and people who create pandemics and wars going straight UP
that is all
You say there's not enough housing spaces for people that need it yet there's a number of churches that have got church halls there's no reason why the church halls could not be used at night for the homeless people a couple of blankets and the pillow the churches have got a kitchen and toilets that's all you need for someone to sleep in the church a truth is the churches refuse to help...
Not so. Here in Sarnia, a church opened its doors to homeless via country services and when the weather got warmer, there were barely any there. They want to be in a tent city where they can do all the drugs they want, not supervised in a shelter.
I am grateful to our London Mayor who takes this issue seriously and is "acting in ways" that recognize the emergency that homelessness is in this city.
You Can Never Really understand Until the Day it hits and you are there.The Us & Them Attitude in entrenched .This Homeless Crisis has been imposed/and All the Reasons Why...Ain't Rocket Science.Citizens All☆❤☆Civics 101
The pofferty of one is the capital of the other
Londoner all my life
Kalergi Plan
“ a human having an experience”
Everyone everywhere nowadays
Normal country.
The system is broken 😔 in that relates to the people being broken 💔 government doesn't care, just as long as they look good in the international scale 😉 that's all that matters inside they don't care 😒
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It takes over 3.5 years now to evict a bad tenant in Ontario. That is the true nub of the problem of homelessness. Too many landlords have been driven out of business by the inferior Court of Ontario. Tenants need landlords, not communism.
Josh Morgan isnt doing anything to fix the homeless crisis. He is to scared to make and decisions or action .
Politically You can expect nuthing but the same from the Ontario Government...Doug Ford will protect the status quo between rich and poor till the day he dies...hopefully soon, the P.C. government has no heart for the disadvantaged, they are only interested in their rich business, developer friends.....WE NEED AN N.D.P. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT NOW !!!! HOW MANY MORE HAVE TO DIE IN THE NAME OF THE ECONOMY DOUG....??
So they can bankrupt the province like they did in the early 90's when Bob Rae was in charge? Never mind that was Ontario's first real experience with rent control.
Bunghole Bungalow!!
Whoops you misspelled homelessness.... It's actually spelled like this: "liberal drug addicts"
Yep drug addicts and the homelessness are what we attract
Just like Vancouver. The most expensive place to live in Canada.
This video is dimly a narrative . No problem solving no explanation of cause .