Latest Contributions
- Toolkit
Yes, in my back yard
This tool kit is designed to help those wanting to create new supportive housing. The kit is not a complete guide to housing development. Instead, it focuses on the community...
- Community Plan
Ottawa’s 2006-2008 Community Action Plan on Homelessness
In 1999, Ottawa developed an action plan on homelessness1 designed to respond to the growing issue of homelessness here and in cities across the country. Ottawa-Carleton had joined with other...
Latest Blog
-
A 50’s gal remembers housing heaven
I was born in 1955. For most of us, the 1950s conjure up an image of shiny faces in shiny new suburban homes. Mom is in the kitchen, dad is...
-
Home thoughts
Housing stability. Rapid re-housing. Prevention. Diversion. These were the words that guided discussion at the first of four service provider consultations hosted by the City of Toronto’s Shelter, Support and...
-
When public housing was paradise
The headline in the Saturday Globe was disturbing enough: Residents of Toronto public housing four times more likely to be murder victims. But I found myself equally rattled by the 285...