{"id":5098,"date":"2018-11-08T17:47:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T17:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=5098"},"modified":"2024-03-12T23:13:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T23:13:25","slug":"rexdale-student-tenants-concerned-over-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=5098","title":{"rendered":"Rexdale student tenants concerned over safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">O<\/span>ff-campus renting is a popular living option for University of Guelph-Humber students who come from far away, but some tenants in the Rexdale area have growing concerns over their personal safety.<\/p>\n<p>Second-year students Kelly Cao and Angela Franco are roommates living in a rental house within two kilometres from campus. Both expressed that staying safe has been a worry for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe my roommates and I live in a sketchy area,\u201d said Cao. \u201cOn a scale of one to 10, I think I would give a seven in terms of safeness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Cao, some people in their area cause them discomfort and are often needlessly disruptive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, one evening at 1 a.m., a stranger was ringing on our doorbell for no reason. It terrified us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franco also revealed her unease with the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel safe in my actual house,\u201d said Franco. \u201cBut the area around Guelph-Humber does not feel safe. Three girls living alone is not a safe situation in most locations, but it definitely doesn\u2019t feel safe in this area . . . When I lock the door to my house though, I feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Toronto Police Service\u2019s website, there has been a five per cent increase in major criminal offenses in the Rexdale-Kipling area within the last year. Although assaults and robberies have decreased, there have been significant increases in other categories, including a 16 per cent increase in sexual violations and an 18 per cent increase in break and enters.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmet Haddad is a landlord who also lives within the area. He began renting his home\u2019s fully furnished basement to students last year. Despite Cao and Franco\u2019s concerns, he insists that the area is adequately safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not perfect,\u201d said Haddad. \u201cBut if you take good care of yourself, you\u2019ll be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, their insecurities aside, Cao and Franco maintain that they are satisfied with where they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy with my current living situation,\u201d said Cao. \u201cAlso, the walking distance from the house to school is only 10 minutes, so that\u2019s a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off-campus renting is a popular living option for University of Guelph-Humber students who come from far away, but some tenants in the Rexdale area have growing concerns over their personal safety. Second-year students Kelly Cao and Angela Franco are roommates living in a rental house within two kilometres from campus. Both expressed that staying safe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":17359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[174,89,62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18714,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5098\/revisions\/18714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}