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 […]
British Columbia Opens Fund to Help Non-Profits Buy Rental Buildings, Keep Rent Affordable
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 […]
Our ‘Invisible’ Crisis of Concussions & Domestic Violence – Part 2/2
(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 […]
Strategy for Safety in Vancouver
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 […]
An End to Homelessness
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’m a Poet who has Lived an Accomplished Life. Now I Live in the Shelter System.
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 […]
Thousands Offer to Host Tiny Homes With Homeless Residents in Their Own Seattle Backyards
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, […]
Broadview: What the Violence at Trinity Bellwoods Park Says About Toronto
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 […]
12 Communities Reaching & Sustaining an End to Veteran Homelessness
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 […]
Collaborative Housing Project Between Vancouver and Vienna
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 […]
Poverty in America and a Solution
The number of hungry Americans has tripled in one year. . . the pandemic has exacerbated this. There are whole communities that are starved: A New $100 Million Fund Aims to End Homelessness. Building Housing is Only Part of It By Nate Berg, Fast Company, April 13th, 2021 https://www.fastcompany.com/90623844/a-new-100-million-fund-aims-to-end-homelessness-building-housing-is-only-part-of-it Building housing is […]
Rezoning for New Indigenous-led Housing Project Approved by Vancouver Council
City of Vancouver website: https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/rezoning-for-new-indigenous-led-housing-project-approved-by-council.aspx Proposal addresses urgent need for urban Indigenous-led and managed new permanent social and supportive housing, and shelter beds in the Downtown Eastside. We are pleased to be working alongside the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society and BC Housing to put reconciliation into action. ~ Mayor Kennedy Stewart, February 17 2021 […]
Ideas to Help our Homeless. . .
How One Interior Designer is Helping — with Her Invoices Interior designers typically serve the 1%. Jessica Helgerson wants to turn that on its head. By Aimee Rawlins, Fast Company, February 10th, 2021 https://www.fastcompany.com/90602613/how-one-interior-designer-is-fighting-homelessness-with-her-invoices “The one percent” is most often used as a pejorative, shorthand for elite, out-of-touch vultures who prey on the working class. […]
The Vancouver Sun: The Solution to Homelessness, DTES Chaos and Disorder has been Known for Years
Daphne Bramham: The solution to homelessness, DTES chaos and disorder has been known for years Opinion: It’s hard not to think that our governments are throwing good money after bad when policy-makers ignore both the evidence and the experts By Daphne Bramham, The Vancouver Sun, January 28, 2021 https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/daphne-bramham-the-solution-to-homelessness-dtes-chaos-and-disorder-has-been-known-for-years-just-not-acted-upon VANCOUVER, In 2008 — the same […]
Foundations for Social Change New Leaf Project in Vancouver, Homelessness & Basic Income
With thanks to Sitara. From the Foundations for Social Change website: In 2015, then Environmental Consultant Claire Elizabeth Williams returned to Canada from a six-month trip to India seeking a new direction. After volunteering with a non-profit organization there, she was compelled to pursue work that would make a real difference here at home, in […]
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