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New British PM uses "h" word in maiden speech

The new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as he took office today, used the "h" word in his short (352 word), maiden speech as PM. He identified change with Continue Reading…

Family homelessness hits 20-year high in NYC

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2004 plan to cut homelessness in the Big Apple by two-thirds produced an almost immediate decline in the number of Continue Reading…

Homelessness – coming to a region near you!

Homelessness - it's a problem just in the inner city, right?Wrong!And to prove it, the York Region Alliance to End Homelessness has just re-launched its web Continue Reading…

Housing rights: A Canadian web site

The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) has launched a new web site devoted to housing rights in Canada called Canadian Housing Equality Continue Reading…

Counting Toronto's Homeless People

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Toronto’s homeless street count and needs assessment has generated plenty of controversy. This Wellesley Institute backgrounder, prepared by Michael Shapcott, Continue Reading…

Alberta government to shut down homeless encampment

The Alberta government announced yesterday (Monday) that it will move to shut down a homeless encampment in Edmonton on September 15. Edmonton, and Alberta, are Continue Reading…

Cruel news from the streets of Toronto

Streethealth, a community-based nursing group in downtown Toronto, is releasing a new survey of the health conditions of homeless people today (Wednesday, Continue Reading…

UN to Canada: Take action on housing, homelessness!

Canada has received both a sharp reprimand and a strong call to action in the preliminary observations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Continue Reading…

Homeless for the holidays

With grateful acknowledgement to Clement Clarke Moore, whose poem "Twas the night before Christmas" provided the inspiration for this more contemporary Continue Reading…

Homeless minister misses homeless consultation

The federal government has convened a national homelessness consultation today and tomorrow in Ottawa that has brought together about 100 leading experts from Continue Reading…