Here's Google street view of the area: https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.644809,-79.3348222,3a,75y,340...
Civil governments are created with goal (yes I know it's imperfect) of providing access to resources equally. Corporations are formed with the goal of evading individual responsibility for financial benefit. They have no incentive to treat expensive individuals such as the less educated, the disabled, the poor, etc. They only support them in the most minimalist ways legally required and actually spend money to change laws to support the disadvantaged even less.
If you want that area to be better, round up your fellow residents and get an initiative passed in the city.
Are you describing corporations or city governments here, because I don't see much of a difference. The bulk of that work gets forced on NGOs and charitable organizations.