“I am homeless and there is not enough money in the month from OW, Ontario Works, to pay for all my meals to get me through the month. I come here to eat.”
“I was abused in my previous relationship. I was on an emotional, like I left work, for emotional and mental reasons. Then I just decided to quit because it just got too much for me. You have to go through everything and still put a smile on your face every day at work. It was hard.”
“My townhouse got flooded, so I lost my housing. I left Windsor, where I’m from, after that. I came here [Peterborough]. It’s been really tough to try to find a stable place to live.”
[I live] “in a tent. I’m on Parkhill. It is better [than in the shelter] ‘cause you have your space. No one is there to tell you to turn your music down or that you’re a bother to them. You don’t have to take your tent down every day. My backpack is usually really heavy. Usually, I do have six bags on me.”
“During the winter, I’m not sure. I might have to go into a shelter, I guess. It’s not really ideal, but it’s somewhere safe and warm, I guess.”