'A lot of mice in a small apartment': Tenant shares photos of daily life in Toronto public housing

A tenant of Toronto public housing is sharing photos of daily life in her apartment, complete with mice, roaches and an increasingly urgent garbage problem. Eileen Boudreau, 32, has lived in a high-rise apartment building in Scarborough, located at 3171 Eglinton Avenue East, for three years with her five-year-old son. She says pests of all kinds have “open access” into her unit, located on the second floor of the building, due to holes in her walls and behind her radiators. “I’ve put foam in those holes to try and prevent the mice from coming in,” she said in an interview, adding that a recent change in building management has further prolonged the problem. “Since Toronto Community Housing has taken over, it’s just gotten worse,” she said. “They’re getting into my son’s toys. The mice have always been there, and I just ignored them at first. It wasn’t a huge concern until I had to throw out a couch and two of my son’s beds.” TCHC took over management of the building in 2022. Boudreau