http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/10061/0 en http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/gentrification-poor-face-choice-between-housing-an/19340 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Available community housing often far from friends and services </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/pa046790.jpg" alt="" title="Nipper, Brian DuBourdieu and Sam Ash sit on the church steps at Dundas and Sherbourne on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. " width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">Sitting on the church steps at Dundas and Sherbourne Streets, Brian DuBourdieu and his friends Nipper and Sam Ash seem to know nearly everyone who passes by, waving or sharing jokes with people in cars, on bikes and on foot.</p> <p><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/gentrification-poor-face-choice-between-housing-an/19340" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/gentrification-poor-face-choice-between-housing-an/19340#comments Saira Peesker Housing Poverty Downtown East Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:24:54 +0000 SairaP 19340 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca