With Toronto’s homeless population doubling in the last three years and shelters overflowing, city councillors have voted to explore whether Toronto could operate micro shelters in underutilized Toronto Transit Commission parking lots.
At a meeting of the city’s economic and community development committee this week, Coun. Chris Moise put forward a successful motion, asking city staff to report back early next year on the feasibility of such a plan.
The idea came about after a TTC report found seven of its commuter parking lots were being underutilized, meaning they were on average less than half full during peak hours.
