If the support network of political allies and even former adversaries formed to assist a homeless former Ontario MPP succeeds in its drive to help, he will be out of an Ajax, Ont., shelter within a week.

Lorenzo Berardinetti, a former municipal councillor and four-time Liberal MPP, lost his Scarborough-Southwest seat in the 2018 election. In 2022, his attempted return to municipal politics in Scarborough failed. Then, his health did too. He suffered a seizure and was in a coma for a month. His marriage had already broken down in 2021. An attempt to live with his brother didn’t work out, leaving him with living in a shelter as his only option.