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Shelters are Overcrowded: More housing is needed for homeless in Northwest Territories
By definition, a person needs housing to cease being homeless. And until the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) provides appropriate housing for those who need it, homelessness there won’t...
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How the mayor can keep a roof over TCHC’s head
Mayor Rob Ford recently backtracked on a crucial issue. First he threatened to use revenue from the sale of public housing units to balance the city’s budget. Twenty-four hours later,...
Latest Blog
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Affordable Housing and Homelesness
Yesterday I gave a presentation to a church group in Ottawa on affordable housing and homelessness. My slides can be downloaded here. Points I raised in the presentation include the...
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Homelessness Policy
On October 18th, I gave a presentation on public policy responding to homelessness in Canada, with a focus on the past decade. I gave the presentation at this year’s annual...
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Housing Policy Under Harper
Today I gave a presentation on Canadian housing policy at the annual conference of the European Network for Housing Research. Points raised in the presentation include the following: – Fiscal...
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Poverty in Yukon
Last week I was in Whitehorse where I released a peer-reviewed policy report on poverty in Yukon. The report was part of the much larger Social Economy Research Network of...
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Housing in the Northwest Territories
Last week, I was in Yellowknife, where I released results of new research on affordable housing in the Northwest Territories (NWT). The research project was sponsored by the Social Economy...
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Top 10 Things I Learned About Research While Preparing a Report on Homelessness in Yellowknife
I’m in Yellowknife this week for the launch of a policy report on homelessness. It’s the first of several publications coming out of a multi-year research project that looks at...