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397 Kent Street Mosque (Church Conversion)
- Thread starter rdaner
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This is good news; adds a much needed Mosque to the central area and preserves a heritage asset.
originalmuffins
Active Member
that's great - im glad to see it repurposed and for those in the community that need it
rbt
Senior Member
Address should be 397 Kent Street?
Bluejay
New Member
This would have been a much more beneficial space for a homeless warming center/shelter but of course funding would not be easy to secure for the purchase and operations. It's tiresome to have "progressive councillors" including Troster, to act as advocates for the less fortunate but never deliver. The Centretown community needs more resources for the less fortunate instead of places of worship at his time of increased homelessness and record food bank users. We need more private firms such as Devcore, in the NCR to compensate for lack of funding from all levels of Government. But hey, Centretown may get a one million dollar washroom so all is great.
The owner is renting the space to a Muslim group who are converting it to a Mosque. It will become a community space for the Downtown Muslim population and welcome others. Seems like it will serve a needed purpose in the area. The private owner of the church doesn't have to offer it up for the homeless, just like the majority of private developers aren't really doing anything significant to help the homeless crisis (beyond Devcore in Gatineau).
As for the washrooms, those can benefit the homeless population, especially if they remain open overnight. We have a seriously lack of public washrooms in Ottawa, especially washrooms accessible to the homeless population. If anything, we'd need the City to invest more in public washrooms.
We need to invest more in the homelessness crisis as well, and the City has made progress with increased OCH investments (with support from the Feds and Province, though Provincial policies has reduced private affordable housing) along with more transitional housing, but of course, we're nowhere near where we need to be.
As for the washrooms, those can benefit the homeless population, especially if they remain open overnight. We have a seriously lack of public washrooms in Ottawa, especially washrooms accessible to the homeless population. If anything, we'd need the City to invest more in public washrooms.
We need to invest more in the homelessness crisis as well, and the City has made progress with increased OCH investments (with support from the Feds and Province, though Provincial policies has reduced private affordable housing) along with more transitional housing, but of course, we're nowhere near where we need to be.