Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Universal Mother Mary, in a personal reading, April 25th, 2015, talked about lifting people up off the streets: The rich man walking down the street who has made his money, can we say in curious ways, some honest, some dishonest, walking down the street, meeting the beggar — and it was the same when […]
From the Community Solutions Newsletter: Rosanne Haggerty, President of Community Solutions, shares how we can move the needle on homelessness. “We’ve been flying blind when it comes to housing and homelessness, but it doesn’t have to be this way,” Haggerty cites success in communities across the U.S. that approach homelessness as a systems problem, not […]
Aug 29, 2024 | Battered Women’s Support Services Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) announces the opening of 10 new second-stage housing units designed to support women and their children who are fleeing violence This initiative, developed in partnership with the Province of British Columbia through BC Housing, comes at a time when the affordable housing […]
An Army vet in Denver shares his experience with homelessness and the community that led him home “I learned more from people in the streets and the four years of homelessness than I did in all my college for sure,” shared Nathan Hansley, a U.S. Army veteran. “It was definitely a life-changing experience.” An eviction […]
Since 1994, Battered Women’s Support Services in Vancouver, Canada, has been envisioning the day when they can expand on their mission by providing housing for women. About BWSS In 1979, a determined team of women founded Battered Women’s Support Services. A feminist voice against violence and oppression, BWSS is a strong, dynamic organization that provides […]
CAEH, Aug. 21, 2023 https://caeh.ca/fort-mcmurray-ends-veteran-homelessness The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has recognized Fort McMurray as the third community in Canada to reach Functional Zero Veteran Homelessness. This milestone would not have been possible without the work of 14 community organizations supporting the program and serving the homeless sector, the Royal Canadian Legion and Veterans […]
There’s a three-step qualification process. By Darryl Dyck, The Canadian Press, June 28, 2023 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/bc-news/bc-opens-500m-fund-to-help-non-profits-buy-rental-buildings-keep-rent-affordable Condos and apartment buildings are seen in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday February 2, 2017. The British Columbia government has opened access to its $500 million rental-protection fund that will help non-profit groups purchase rental buildings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck […]
(Concluded from Part 1, above.) On a personal note, my daughter went to a transition house with her daughter, fleeing 2 years of domestic violence and was told that she could only stay a month with her 9 month old — November last year, right before Christmas — then my Dad died December 13th opening […]
Opinion: Vancouver’s DTES funding approach is a “band-aid on a broken leg” By Matthew Norris (guest writer), Daily Hive, Aug 31 2022 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/opinion-vancouver-downtown-eastside-funding Every Vancouverite deserves to feel safe and be safe in our city. But throwing more money at our failed approach isn’t the answer. Here’s why. Our city is stuck in a tragic […]
Community leaders partner with Built for Zero to develop the first definition for making homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring — for all. What does it mean to achieve functional zero for all populations? By Anna Kim, Community Solutions, June 9, 2022 https://community.solutions/what-does-it-mean-to-achieve-functional-zero-for-all-populations-and-how-was-the-definition-developed In 2017, Rockford, Illinois, first pushed the boundaries of what was understood to […]
I’ve never had it easy, but now, I’ve lost everything By Willi Boepple, Broadview, November 25, 2021 https://broadview.org/willi Over the course of 2021, Willi Boepple sent more than a dozen emails to Broadview magazine. The letters told of life in homeless shelters and the people she encountered. Then, as the letters progressed, she shared stories of […]
By Andy Corbley, Goood News Network, October 18, 2021 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/non-profits-build-tiny-homes A pair of non-profits are housing homeless people in tiny sustainable homes in the backyards of charitable volunteers who decide to host them. The Seattle-born partnership hopes to replicate the “cultural shift” brought about by Airbnb to tackle the homelessness epidemic in the Pacific Northwest, […]
With more military-style evictions predicted for the Moss Park, Parkdale, and Cherry Beach encampments, it has been heartening to see so many neighbours turning up to support the unhoused and putting pressure on all levels of government to expedite the plans for long-term housing and social supports. By Alexa Gilmour, Broadview, June 30, 2021 https://broadview.org/trinity-bellwoods-encampment/ The […]
Community Solutions Newsletter https://community.solutions/8-lessons-from-communities-that-have-functionally-ended-veteran-homelessness/ Homelessness is solvable — nowhere has that been demonstrated more clearly than in the progress to end veteran homelessness. Twelve communities across the country have reached and sustained a measurable end to veteran homelessness called functional zero. Here’s what we can learn from their progress. 1. A by-name list of […]
A 100-unit housing project with prefabricated, renewable materials is coming to Vancouver Called the Vienna House, the project is part of a collaboration between the City of Vancouver and the City of Vienna, Austria By Cameron Thomson, Vancouver, May 10th, 2021 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/vancouver-news/a-100-unit-housing-project-with-prefabricated-renewable-materials-is-coming-to-vancouver-3762395 Coming soon to Vancouver is an innovative and international housing pilot project tackling […]
