{"id":14936,"date":"2010-10-18T15:31:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T19:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=14936"},"modified":"2010-10-18T15:31:20","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T19:31:20","slug":"spacing-readers-help-residents-of-wellesley-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/10\/18\/spacing-readers-help-residents-of-wellesley-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing readers help residents of Wellesley fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4089\/4952572539_236fda322b_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than three weeks after the high-rise fire at 200 Wellesley Street East, more than 600 of the building\u2019s tenants are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/876509--hundreds-of-wellesley-st-fire-victims-still-yearning-to-go-home\" target=\"_self\">still shut out<\/a> of their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Toronto Community Housing\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citytv.com\/toronto\/citynews\/news\/local\/article\/96975--free-rent-for-residents-left-homeless-following-wellesley-fire\" target=\"_self\">announcement today<\/a> that residents in the building that caught fire on September 24 will not have to pay rent in November, many tenants are in dire need of support.<\/p>\n<p>At our release party earlier this month, <em>Spacing<\/em> readers and supporters donated $420 to the Toronto Community Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcf.ca\/newsandpublications\/200wellesleystreeteast.html\" target=\"_self\">200 Wellesley Street East Relief Fund<\/a> via a charity raffle. 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