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Can Big Data Lead to Better Eviction Prevention?

In this bi-weekly blog series, Abe Oudshoorn explores recent research on homelessness, and what it means for the provision of services to prevent or end homelessness. Follow the whole series! I’ve...

Fighting Homelessness or Fighting the Homeless? A Duty to Assist Alternative

On November 7th, the Quebec Mayor Régis Labeaume announced that imprisonment for people experiencing homelessness would no longer be a consequence of unpaid tickets and that offences such as sleeping...

Evaluating Eviction Prevention: A Hub Solutions Look at the EPIC Program

Urban areas across Canada are experiencing increasingly unstable housing markets. This volatility directly impacts low-income individuals and families as they are faced with a lack of affordable housing options, rising...

Youth Homelessness Prevention – What’s the Evidence?

Research on youth homelessness indicates the dire need for a preventative approach. Once homeless, young people often face exposure to violence, profound mental health distress, barriers to education and employment,...

Efforts of Homelessness Prevention

“We are becoming better at opening the back door of homelessness by assisting people to move out of this dire situation through providing them with necessary housing and supports” – A...

Sexual and Reproductive Health and LGBTQ2S Youth Experiencing Homelessness

LGBTQ2S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transgender, queer,  questioning, two spirit) youth experiencing homelessness are in a particularly vulnerable state when it comes to managing their sexual and reproductive health. In...

THIS is a Randomized Controlled Trial

THIS is Housing First for Youth

Today’s topic is Housing First for Youth (spoiler alert: it’s not the same as Housing First) Innovation isn’t a word that typically comes to mind when thinking about youth homelessness...

Homelessness, reproductive health & pregnancy

Reproductive health deals with the reproductive processes, functions and system at all stages of life. Although reproductive health is a universal concern, certain groups face inequalities when accessing healthcare. Socioeconomic...

Looking Forward: Shifting Towards Homelessness Prevention

Over two hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. Since that time, most people have come to understand the importance of...