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Ten Things you should know about Housing and Homelessness
November 28, 2007 by
Everyone in Canada has the right to a safe, secure, adequate and affordable home. The federal government is obliged in international law to ensure people have a Continue Reading…
Housing and the Ontario Election 2007
November 28, 2007 by
Ontario’s affordable housing crisis remains deep and persistent. More than 600,000 households (that’s more than 1.5 million women, men and children) are in Continue Reading…
Status of Affordable Housing and Shelter Initiatives in Toronto (June 2006)
August 24, 2007 by
The intent was good, but the process was fatally flawed. City officials say that they want to get a better sense of the scope and scale of Toronto’s homeless Continue Reading…
Killer Heat, Killer Smog: Six recommendations to build on the report from the Medical Officer of health on short, medium and long-term strategies to deal with urban heat and smog.
August 24, 2007 by
Increasingly high summer temperatures have an impact on the health of all, especially the poor and elderly. This Wellesely Institute backgrounder provides a Continue Reading…
Federal Role in Housing: Constitutional and legal issues
August 24, 2007 by
This Wellesley Institute backgrounder, by Michael Shapcott looks at the constitutional and legal issues regarding the federal role in housing in Continue Reading…
Counting Toronto's Homeless People
August 24, 2007 by
Toronto’s homeless street count and needs assessment has generated plenty of controversy. This Wellesley Institute backgrounder, prepared by Michael Shapcott, Continue Reading…
Physical and Sexual Violence Rates for Homeless Many Times Higher Than Housed
August 24, 2007 by
The murder in Toronto of Bly ‘California’ Markis, 33, a homeless woman, in late April 2007, focused attention on the violence that people who are homeless Continue Reading…
U.S. Homeless Czar Mangano Preaches Local Action as U.S. Federal Government Cuts Funding
August 24, 2007 by
Philip Mangano, was appointed as U.S. President Bush’s “homeless czar”, traveling across the U.S. - and Canada - spreading the message that local Continue Reading…
Toronto City Council Must Invest In Building a Great City with Homes for All
August 24, 2007 by
This Wellesley Institute backgrounder underscores the need for Toronto City Council to invest in building a great city with home for all in this Toronto 2007 Continue Reading…
