Post-webinar call to action – Build a national housing plan from the community up!

Michael Shapcott — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:56:41 +0000

Please join our on-line dialogue to build a national housing plan for Canada

Over 100 community housing and service providers, government officials, academic experts and others participated in a webinar on Jan. 15 with Senator Art Eggleton on the new Senate of Canada report In from the margins: A call to action on poverty, housing and homelessness (also published in French: Pauvreté, logement, itinérance: les trois fronts de la lutte contre l’exclusion).

Here is the presentation, for you to view, or download:

More useful resources:

Webinar Presentation Notes: This summary document contains the notes used to build the presentation, including highlights of the findings of the report.
Recommendations Guide: Use this short document to quickly locate information on key recommendations in the report.
Housing e-map of Canada: Take a look at housing intiatives across the country, and don’t forget to add yours.
Take a look at this list of current Wellesley Institute Housing Reports for other relevant research.

Identify the top housing and homelessness priorities in your community and post a comment on our blog
Tell us about actions that you are already taking in your community
Look at the 74 recommendations in the Senate report (you’ll find an annotated list in the resources listed below)
Tell us the top three priorities for your community.

Start the dialogue today.