With warmer weather Hamilton Staff bracing for another busy encampment season is.gd/pwh9Tt

Advancing #AccessToJustice .

Congrats to Ann Schweighofer of RexdaleCLC on receiving the Sidney B. Linden Award.

Honoured to join Hon. Sidney B. Linden, Steve Pengelly, and the Legal Aid Ontario team in celebrating Ann’s 42 years of dedicated service.

New study shows financial impact of homelessness on our health-care system kitchener.ctvnews.ca/new-study-show…

Sarnia police comment on homelessness. 'The Sarnia Police will respect the Charter Rights of all Canadians, housed or unhoused.' is.gd/fIe47A

Responsible leadership by Derek Davis

Large Halifax landlords report double-digit operating income growth in first quarter of 2024 ift.tt/xi4PLf2

I’d like to thank Council, the community and other stakeholders for sharing their thoughts on a temporary structured encampment possibility for those experiencing homelessness. With an unanimous vote of Committee today we look to all of Council to hopefully ratify later this

'City council wants county to consider designated encampment site.' Unfortunately a rural council has little incentive to tackle urban homelessness. Warden Lennox lives far from Guelph. May have to sue the county to take action. is.gd/toTBXw

“nobody can guarantee that adequate, stable housing would have saved Attila, but in the absence of stable housing, his chances were grim.”
Continue advocating for ‘forgotten,’ brother says (thespec.com)
#Housing #Ontario

After Cambridge denied them a parking spot, Sanguen Health Centre worries for city's unhoused population.
cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/aft… via CambridgeToday

The City of Vancouver can now implement vacancy control in SRO units, a vital step forward towards stabilizing rents & protecting low-income residents from unjust evictions & displacement.

We hope to see these protections extended to all renters.
cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

Wonderful!

BEHIND THE SCENES: 'Worst times': Single dad fighting cancer becomes homeless newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/beh…

'It's a good time to be a landlord,' said Neil Lovitt, a vice-president with real estate consultancy Turner Drake.

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The Far-Right’s Newest Scapegoat: ‘Drug Users and Unhoused People’ is.gd/VaL2Qj

A Mississauga retirement home is evicting its residents — but some are refusing to budge. Turns out they have the same rights as tenants trib.al/ig8UUuV

Sixty temporary modular homes open in Kelowna for people experiencing homelessness is.gd/skD3iA

Andrea Horwath Maureen Wilson (She / Her) Nrinder Nann Cameron Kroetsch Ted McMeekin Brad Clark (Ward 9) Alex Wilson evidence concludes tiny homes more effective route to housing. Let's get HATs going. The work is done.

This story shows the urgent need for better protections for tenants, as well as improvements to access to justice and enforcement. We have been seeing an increasing number of N12s and N13s. Tenants are losing their homes and we're losing affordable units.
thestar.com/real-estate/he…

“While social disorder is not necessarily associated with crime, it does impact an individual’s quality of life and all of our ability to feel safe,” Then why are the police mentioning homelessness in this story about crime? is.gd/y8yGc9