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.
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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. …