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  • Social Housing as a Human Right: A Housing Rights Primer

    April 14, 2023 | Authored by: Kimberly Langille, Shauna MacKinnon, Sarah Cooper, Shayne St. Denis, Sahla Mitchell

    The 2017 National Housing Strategy (NHS) was intended to reduce core housing need and homelessness through a range of programs, research, and funding initiatives. Five years after the launch of the NHS, social housing experts and advocates describe the …


    Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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  • “It’s A Scary Place to Come Out”: Exploring How Shelters in Westman Can Be Safer and More Welcoming for Transgender People

    May 19, 2022 | Authored by: Matt Paterson

    This project looks at what organizations that provide temporary housing in Westman can do to make transitional housing safe, accessible, and comfortable for transgender people. Starting from anecdotal evidence that current housing options in Brandon, M …


    Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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  • Putting Home at the Heart of Refugee Resettlement

    July 8, 2021 | Authored by: Ray Silvius, Emily Halldorson, Hani Ataan Al-Ubeady

    The culmination of a 5-year study based on interviews with recently arrived former refugees finds that securing good housing is a key part of successful settlement. However, a tight rental housing market, insufficient financial support and limited supp …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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  • Staffing the Crisis: The Capacity of Eleven Municipal Housing Departments Across Canada

    February 17, 2021 | Authored by: Stefan Hodges

    This research turned to ten other Canadian cities to ask how municipal housing departments supported the creation of affordable rental housing, and how much staff capacity was dedicated to that effort.  It was surprising to find that every surveyed cit …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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  • West Broadway Methamphetamine Strategy

    February 5, 2021 | Authored by: Erica Charron, Laura Canfield

    The West Broadway Methamphetamine Strategy was born from the collaborative efforts and communal concerns of members who sit on the West Broadway Directors Network (WBDN), a committee spearheaded by the West Broadway Community Organization. In 2015, mem …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization, Justice, Safety and Security
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