'It's too far': Residents living in Argyle Avenue YMCA being moved to transitional housing on Corkstown Road
CTV
Nearly 50 families are being moved from the YMCA on Argyle Avenue to a former retirement home on Corkstown Road, as part of the city's overall homelessness and housing plan.
Nearly 50 families are being moved from the YMCA on Argyle Avenue to a former retirement home on Corkstown Road, as part of the city's overall homelessness and housing plan.
"We come here, we think we're going to stay here, but now they are moving us far," said one of the residents, Deka Abdi.
Abdi is a single mom of two who moved to the YMCA in December.
She spent Friday making the 15-kilometer trek to Nepean and says she is moving away from everything she knows being within walking distance.
"Here is good you know," Abdi said. "Everything is close, we don't have a car and now we are moving, it's too far."
The former retirement home on Corkstown Road opened its doors for transitional housing in February after being leased by the city. It gives families a place to live while they wait for affordable housing.
In a statement to CTV News the city says, "Families who have to work or other commitments will be supported with transportation and rapid re-housing services in order to find permanent housing closer to their work/commitments."
