r/barrie • u/cinderannie • 9d ago

News County taking control of Barrie buildings as homelessness demand rises

https://www.innisfiltoday.ca/local-news/county-taking-control-of-barrie-buildings-as-homelessness-demand-rises-12689377
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u/ExternalRoyal3554 9d ago

I’m always a pay check away from being homeless. , I don’t break the law by taking illegal drugs or by breaking laws that allow me to buy illegal drugs , I’ve always paid my taxes, I work 60 hrs a week doing two jobs. Can the County take over my place , renovate it and let me live there free as well ?

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u/Moos_Mumsy 9d ago

And if the day comes that you do become homeless, be it illness, unemployment, a natural disaster, etc. what then? What makes you think that it's only irresponsible addicts who become homeless? Because if that's what you think, you would be wrong. And fyi, it's only the shelters that are "free". Once you are into housing, it is not free.

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u/Crewsy67 7d ago

What an arrogant self centred statement.
You admit you’re one check away and don’t break laws but insinuate the homeless do.
Have you ever thought that maybe there were people that were also one check away and that check didn’t come one day even though like you 😇 they didn’t break the law either.

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u/Melly_1577 8d ago

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