Admiral Beez
Superstar
I wonder how many of these shootings happen within and near TCHC properties. I suspect it's a lot. Perhaps TCHC needs to do a better job of vetting its tenants and securing its properties?
Here's what I'd like to see at TCHC....
1) No one with an adult criminal record can be a tenant. If your 18 y/o son is convicted of robbery, he must leave. Children (legally those under 18 y/o) convicted under the youth justice act can stay unless they're deemed a danger to the community.
2) Stop pan-generational tenancy. You don't get to live in TCHC housing for 20 years and pass it down to your kids.
3) Focus on the demographics that do not cause trouble, two parent families who are employed. The change I have seen in Regent Park has been miraculous, with the changeover from the single parent Caribbean-origin tenants to the new Muslim, two-parent families. I love seeing the Muslim families all walking together with lots of kids playing. My daughters count many of their friends in that community and I have no issues with them both going down to Regent to hang out with their newly arrived friends. This is dramatically different from the old Regent Park, where groups of thugs would intimidate and no one from outside would venture into Regent at night. The demographic switch from single parent Caribbean families to Muslim two parent families has been a huge benefit to Regent Park.
Here's what I'd like to see at TCHC....
1) No one with an adult criminal record can be a tenant. If your 18 y/o son is convicted of robbery, he must leave. Children (legally those under 18 y/o) convicted under the youth justice act can stay unless they're deemed a danger to the community.
2) Stop pan-generational tenancy. You don't get to live in TCHC housing for 20 years and pass it down to your kids.
3) Focus on the demographics that do not cause trouble, two parent families who are employed. The change I have seen in Regent Park has been miraculous, with the changeover from the single parent Caribbean-origin tenants to the new Muslim, two-parent families. I love seeing the Muslim families all walking together with lots of kids playing. My daughters count many of their friends in that community and I have no issues with them both going down to Regent to hang out with their newly arrived friends. This is dramatically different from the old Regent Park, where groups of thugs would intimidate and no one from outside would venture into Regent at night. The demographic switch from single parent Caribbean families to Muslim two parent families has been a huge benefit to Regent Park.
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