Gang Violence Turning Into A Meal Ticket - How Sad

I can empathize with the victims and families of those caught up in gang violence but you will have excuse me for being a little cynical. There is no question TCHC has much to answer for when it comes to assest management the tenants must take some blame for a lack of security.

Family sues city over child's shooting TheStar.com - News - Family sues city over child's shooting

They say Toronto Community Housing Corp.'s security cuts partly to blame for 2005 wounding
July 04, 2007

Isabel Teotonio
Staff reporter

When Jordan Manners was gunned down in the hallway of his Toronto high school in late May, Shaquan Cadougan barely slept a wink. Instead, the 6-year-old spent the night vomiting and asking why the 15-year-old had been shot.

`Why' is a question he asks often, especially when thinking about the night nearly two years ago when a drive-by shooting in front of his Jane-and-Finch home left him severely injured, with two of the four bullets that hit him still in his body.

His scars are grim reminders that he came pretty close to not even reaching the age of 5, said the boy's mother, Suzette Cadougan, who, in part, blames the Toronto Community Housing Corp.'s decision in 2004 to cut security costs for the events of Aug. 3, 2005.

"If there'd been more security, things would've been different," said his mother. "The shooters knew they could escape."

That, essentially, is why the Cadougan family has launched a lawsuit against the TCHC, the largest residential landlord in the city.

Yesterday a spokesperson for the TCHC refused to comment since the matter is before the courts.