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It is possible to end chronic homelessness if we act now
Monday, September 28th, 2020
Our goal must be more than moving people off the street. It must be to help people live full lives and be connected, healthy and well. At a time when we are all struggling with feeling disconnected, this is more relevant than ever. Homelessness in Canada is not inevitable; it is the predictable outcome of choices we have made collectively over past decades. We must expand housing and support services to end chronic homelessness. At the same time, we need to address the forces that cause people to become homeless in the first place.
Tags: budget, Health, homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Canada’s hidden emergency: the ‘vulnerably housed’
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
November 22, 2010
Each night, more than 17,000 Canadians sleep in homeless shelters or on the street. But for every person who’s homeless in Canada, there are 23 households that are vulnerably housed and at high risk of becoming homeless… more than 380,000 individuals and families… It’s often during a transition period or crisis that people fall through the cracks in our health and social safety programs…
Tags: homelessness, housing, poverty, standard of living
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