2012 Report Card - Housing and Health: Exploring the Connection in Waterloo Region

This 5th Annual Report Card and its accompanying booklet have been produced by the Homelessness and Housing Umbrella Group (HHUG) to bring awareness to the issues of homelessness and housing in Waterloo Region.

People need housing, income, and support to maintain housing stability in their lives. Specifically,

• Housing must provide security of tenure and be desirable, affordable, safe, adequately maintained, accessible and a suitable size. In addition, the more “at home” someone feels both in their community and in their housing, the more likely it is that the person will stay housed and avoid re-entering the cycle of homelessness.

• People must have enough income to sustain the minimum standards for rent, utilities, food, health, clothing, education, transportation and recreation.

• People must have the opportunity to access additional support, as needed, to help them live as independently as desired and to connect to others in meaningful ways.

Everyone has a role to play in ending homelessness and promoting housing stability in Waterloo Region – all orders of government, businesses, not-for-profits, groups, landlords and residents. The accompanying Report Card Booklet further reviews the report card data and examines the connection between housing and health.

The 2012 Report Card measures change in housing stability indicators in 2011 compared to 2010 accounting for growth in population and inflation. A glossary of terms and explanation of the data can be found on the HHUG website at www.hhug.ca.

Download: 2012 Report Card | Booklet

Publication Date: 
2012
Location: 
Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada