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As Chicago dealt with a shortage of shelter beds, Toronto was also managing a shelter crisis amid an increase in people seeking refuge in Canada.
Canada is known for its friendlier approach to immigration, but it also faces hurdles as record numbers of people are displaced globally.
Plans to add housing in the downtown corridor will help reinvigorate the district, architects and developers said, but there are still construction challenges with turning office spaces into residential units.
The Platform Committee — some 200 Democrats from 57 states and territories — will hold a virtual hearing on July 9.