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After seeing people sleeping outside in the cold year-after-year, Toronto man is building tiny mobile homes attached to bicycles to give temporary relief to those who are unhoused.
CBC News reports that Ryan Denis started building the small modular homes this summer as he watched the city’s housing crisis becoming more dire. He said he didn’t want to go through another winter seeing people living on the streets.
He said, “I just don’t see any changes. It’s been many years with people outside and it’s not changing. I couldn’t imagine being outside for years, you know?”
Since then, he has built three homes at a cost of about $10,000 each. Most of them have been paid for through donations on his GoFundMe page.
Each of the small units has electricity and heat, running water, and a bed, as well as safety features like smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and a fire extinguisher. He said the units are also designed with Ontario’s e-bike regulations in mind so that they can legally travel on the city’s bike lanes if they have to be moved.
