NEW: 10 local, provincial, and national orgs release a joint statement calling on all levels of government to act urgently given the catastrophic increases in the number of Edmontonians experiencing houselessness. #abpoli #yegcc #yeg

This week for our #50WeeksofImpact campaign, we hear from a participant in a CLEO Connect webinar. To view the CLEO Connect’s webinar recordings, visit cleoconnect.ca/training-webin… #50yearsofCLEO

Amazing #TInyHopeProject in #stthomasproud, they're building 8 #homes in just 4 days in conjunction with the YWCA of St Thomas-Elgin! 🔨 Thank you Doug Tarry Homes for your work & ingenuity, we need & are delivering more #housing for our growing communities! 🏠

I’m soon going to be priced out of a slum building because #ODSP refuses to provide a liveable income, or even treatment for our disabilities. #LegislatedPoverty

City eyes new affordable housing demonstration project guelphtoday.com/local-news/cit…

It took 6 months and copious shaming, including my op-ed below, but Doug Ford has finally released funding for the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit. Toronto can now expedite 1000s of homeless people into housing — though they never should have had to wait. torontosun.com/opinion/column…

An MPP has also confirmed with us that there will be a rule change with the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB): you will no longer have to remove your name from the social housing waitlist if you access COHB. It never should have been one or the other. A win!

Number of OW and ODSP recipients becoming homeless almost doubles in 2 years. High cost of rents are primary reason. When landlords evict them they can increase rents substantially. Recipients can't afford new rents. Elderly hardest hit. newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/hom… NewmarketToday

Study reveals five common ways in which the health of homeless pet owners and their companions is improved msn.com/en-us/health/o…

The Landlord & Tenant Board needs to do a lot better. Bad tenants ruin it for good tenants. thespec.com/news/hamilton-… via @thespec

Shelters are overflowing as the nation’s capital deals with “catastrophic” levels of food insecurity and homelessness, the Ottawa Mission’s annual impact report states. ottawa.citynews.ca/2024/09/27/cat…

NEWS: “Cities across Alberta have spent millions of dollars on encampment clean up and initiatives to help the most vulnerable. On Thursday, leaders had the ear of the premier and many say they are ready to share ideas on the complicated problem.” SOURCE: ow.ly/ZIkh50TxgC6

Tiny cabin building blitz in St. Thomas! stthomastimesjournal.com/opinion/column…