The Toronto Disaster Relief Committee is a group of social policy, health care and housing experts, academics, business people, community health workers, social workers, AIDS activists, anti-poverty activists, people with homelessness experience, and members of the faith community. We have worked with homeless people, studied homelessness, served on numerous committees and task forces, and have watched the homeless crisis worsen daily. We bandage the wounded and hold vigils for those that die on the streets. We advocate for housing. The TDRC is active in a wide range of issues related to homelessness and housing and speak for a large and broad community. This community includes people who are or who have experienced homelessness, front-line workers, activists and concerned citizens from faith, labour, student and social justice groups. Though centered in Toronto, our work and support continues to spread across the country. Our work has led directly to the formation of at least two other organizations, working hard and fast to end homelessness and ease the housing crisis: the British Columbia Housing and Homeless Network (BCHHN) and the National Housing And Homeless Network (NHHN). We are also members of the National Coalition on Housing and Homelessness and have helped formulate the positions on homelessness and housing of many national groups, including the United Church of Canada, the Canadian Auto Workers, the Canadian Committee of the World March of Women and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The TDRC is endorsed by over 400 organizations, including the city councils of Toronto, Ottawa-Carleton, Nepean and Vancouver, the Big City Mayors’ Caucus of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Federal Caucus of the National Democratic Party, the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA), the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, the National Anti-Poverty Association, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Canadian Auto Workers, and the Canadian Health Coalition and the Children’s Aid Society (Toronto).