Photo: Tiny Tiny Homes
After seeing people sleeping outside in the cold year-after-year, a Toronto man is building tiny mobile homes attached to bicycles to give temporary relief to those who are unhoused. Ryan Donais 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, so he put his background in construction to use. Since then, Donais has built three homes at a cost of about $10,000 each, most of which has been paid for through donations to 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. Donais 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. He says he's happy to be able to give people an escape from the cold with his mini modular homes. But his homes aren't meant to be permanent, and he wishes he didn't have to build them at all. "It's a terrible that we're letting people sleep outside. Housing is the answer."
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