Why does Toronto continue to make public housing apartments/projects?

Question

Have they not learned yet, that all this public housing just breeds criminals?? Poverty stricken people living all together in one area just leads to trouble (jane and finch)

They need to stop building project housing and start building actual houses (maybe cheaper houses, but among middle class homes)

anyone else agree?

Answer 1

Where are you going to put these houses? There's literally no more room in the city. There's only one way to go and that's up so more apartment buildings it is. Also, with the housing market and economy this bad, how are these "poverty-stricken people" going to afford the houses, even if it is cheap as you said? There's also no way that it'll be "among middle class homes." That'll drive down the values of those homes and it'll turn into a ghetto once more. They'll have no home and be back to square one, resorting to crime to survive.

If crime is really what you're so concerned about, start getting people to go against "the code" and start co-operating with the Toronto Police on shootings. Don't let these gangs tell you to start living in fear of them. Make a stand.

Please think things through before you express yourself.

It really doesn't matter where they live. Sometimes, people commit crimes out of survival, others commit for a "culture" like what you see on MTV and MuchMusic. With those people, they will still be committing crimes regardless of where they live. With the survival aspect, I highly doubt that they'll be able to afford rent in a middle class neighbourhood either.