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An entire family is living in tents under the Met, unable to find a place to live that they can afford while staying together. Both the daughters have intellectual disabilities and one is pregnant.
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DeWolf 15:46 on 2024-02-29 Permalink
This seems like a very… particular case. To me, it’s more the story of the long-term failure of social services than it is about the housing crisis. Every member of the family was in care at some point and none of them finished school except for one of the daughters. They say they were forced out of their previous apartment because of a “conflict” with the landlord but legal records show they didn’t pay their rent for six months and were evicted as a result. The TAL ordered them to pay $7,500 in rent back to the landlord. (None of this is mentioned in La Presse.) Finally, they were given space in a shelter but were kicked out after a “quarrel” that isn’t explained in detail.
On top of that the entire family (mom, mom’s boyfriend, father, two daughters, daughter’s boyfriend) insists on living together. No landlord is going to rent to a family of six adults who have a track record of not paying rent. There is precisely one five-bedroom apartment in the entire HLM system, and only 47 four-bedroom apartments.
How do you resolve this kind of situation? I feel bad for the social worker dealing with this case.