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What does it take to get bad guys out of Toronto Community Housing?

(Here’s where you get to use the word ‘kafkaesque’ in a sentence.)

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It’s very tough to evict bad guys, but it can be done.

And then they come right back.

John Tory is trying to get a change made to the Provincial Housing Act to stop the revolving door situation with community housing evictions. Tory, who is asking voters to elect him again on Oct. 22, couldn’t get the Liberals to budge on this subject but maybe he’ll have better luck with Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government.

So what’s the eviction issue? Bruce Malloch, director of strategic communication for Toronto Community Housing, says he is very concerned about the escalation of violence in Toronto and he, too, hopes for this change in provincial legislation.

Says Malloch: “Someone whohas been evicted for serious crime— guns, drugs, violence — can reapply to social housing and move in as occupants into another tenancy. There’s nothing to stop them. If we were able to have the discretion to stop them, it would make our community safer.”