The Homelessness to Housing Stability 2012 Data Summary Report captures key indicators around homelessness and housing in Waterloo Region, to demonstrate the possible economic and structural barriers to housing stability for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of housing loss in our community. This report compares 2008 (the year the recession began in Canada) and 2012 (the most recent full year of data and a point when the effects of the recession are beginning to be evident in homelessness and housing trends). Trends in local data over this period illustrate the realities of the current economic climate and how it has affected housing and homelessness in Waterloo Region.