“COVID-19 has shown that we have the ability to move systems and governments can now talk to each other in ways that we thought they couldn’t before."

The group - which includes 14 people living in encampments and two activist organizations - sought an interim order to allow the homeless individuals to stay in parks until a constitutional challenge of a city bylaw is heard.

At issue is a local bylaw that bans camping or living in parks after midnight. Enforcement provisions require 72 hours notice before an eviction, but the city has threatened to kick them out with less than 24 hours.

Advocates allege the city lied when it said shelters met the distancing requirements in mid-June.

The city has promised to announce details of a plan for the homeless in early October.

“We’re getting into fall. Winter is just around the corner. People are living in the park and they’re going to need a way to heat their homes.”

A Toronto man who spent the better part of a decade on the streets now has a new apartment to call his home after a city effort to re-house residents of a temporary shelter.

"All the love and positivity we've gotten through TikTok, I want to keep that going."

A planned shelter in a west-end Toronto neighbourhood is sparking complaints from some residents because of its central location -- a feature the mayor says is key to the project.

"That's all it is — just surviving, not living."