6PM TODAY: VIRTUAL COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION, BOND PLACE HOTEL
LESTER: "There is an over-concentration of shelter support services in the downtown East side and this hotel lease will exacerbate an already difficult situation in the community. Shelter services are important - but they MUST be evenly spread out across the city!"
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2020
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
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City of Toronto Notice
As part of the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for physical distancing in the shelter system, the Bond Place Hotel has been leased by the City of Toronto to serve as a municipal shelter and will be operated by Dixon Hall Neighbourhood Services.
Bond Place Hotel is one of 30 additional sites in 13 different wards across the city as part of the COVID-19 response. City staff have moved more than 3,500 individuals for physical distancing into a combination of hotels, temporary respites, interim and permanent housing.
The City is currently leasing this site from the property owner until the fall of 2020 with the an extension likely through to next spring, similar to almost every site opened during the pandemic.