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A plot of land in Scarborough is under construction, as a team of community advocates work towards a 10-unit micro-shelter village.
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team → work → village
“There’s going to be a huge community building where they’re going to have a common space, a staffing office and a social work office where they can meet with doctors, social workers,” he explained.
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he → go → doctors
Donais previously built and placed mobile emergency shelters at St. James Park.
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Donais → build → Park
Now, the vision for ‘Brent’s Place‘ is to use transitional housing to get people off the streets.
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vision → use → streets
“It’s like you’ve fallen and you need help getting up, we just want to help people get up,” said Donais.
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Donais → ’ → help
Many volunteers and businesses have shown support through donating time and materials.
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volunteers → show → time
Donais said the fences, trees and excavating was all done through donations — helpful for a charity that would have to otherwise raise funds.
Brent’s Place will be located behind a family-run bakery and catering service, Sefonias Catering, which is leasing their property for the project at $1 per year for three years.
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“The fact that we’re able to give in this way means a lot to us and we hope to give more in the future as well,” said COO Sefonias Samuel.
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Samuel → say → future
The Samuel family has been catering for shelters for more than two decades.
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family → cater → decades
Once the transitional homes for Brent’s Place are built and in use, they plan to provide food and training programs for the residents.
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they → build → residents
“You hear these grand ideas and you see them in motion and it’s just great to see them actually happening,” Samuel said.
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Samuel → hear → motion
“It’s better to come together collaboratively, instead of everyone working in separate ways.”
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everyone → ’ → ways
Among those who will first enter the tiny home village is Eric Williams.
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Williams → enter → village
“It’s a stepping stone in finding a more permanent place, a big stepping stone,” he said.
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he → ’ → place
Williams has experienced homelessness over the past three years, after getting evicted from his apartment during a resell.
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Williams → experience → resell
“I wasn’t able to find another place to live.
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I → find → place
I ended up putting my stuff into storage and just living on the street,” Williams said.
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Williams → end → street
Blake is the namesake for Brent’s Place and one of the first people to participate in the tiny homes program, which led to permanent housing before he passed away.
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he → participate → housing
The City of Toronto said in a statement that the proposed Tiny Tiny Homes project is “currently under review as it must meet all necessary zoning, building and regulatory requirements before it can move forward.”
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it → say → requirements
Media relations manager Kayla Lewis said in an email to Global News that “the City is working collaboratively with the builder/owner and will determine appropriate next steps once the review is complete.”
Donais’ goal is to have the development done by Dec. 31, 2026.
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development → say → Dec.
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