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This is Not Home
All women (cis and trans) and gender diverse people have a human right to safe and dignified homes in Canada. Women and gender-diverse people who are multiply marginalized face unique...
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National Right To Housing Strategy Act – Draft Legislation
Draft legislation prepared by legal scholars and civil society experts that offers suggestions on how the right to housing could be incorporated into the proposed National Housing Strategy legislation, consistent...
Latest Blog
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Can a national housing benefit help families facing homelessness?
News that the federal government is considering a portable housing benefit as part of its National Housing Strategy hit the wires earlier this month and was quickly picked up by...
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Can activists and managers work together to end homelessness?
Media Folder: Media Root As I boarded my flight to Vancouver a few weeks ago for the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness conference CAEH14, I received an invitation on Facebook...
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What do we want? Housing! Why do we want it? Read on…
Today is National Housing Day, marking the beginning of a week of action for housing. In communities across Canada, people will take to the streets to demand that the federal government...
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Research like we give a damn: What “peer” researchers have to teach professionals
I’ve had this cartoon (below) on my office wall for years. I like its cheeky commentary on how wealth relies upon poverty for its existence, and how the rich are...
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We’re not asking, we’re telling: Women facing homelessness demand dignity, autonomy, and self-determination
The impacts of homelessness are not only physical and emotional – they are also social. Becoming homeless has been referred to as a “social death” – one in which a...