The Ending Homelessness for People Living in Encampments Toolkit is now released. The toolkit’s purpose is to give communities tools for a housing-focused, rights-based approach to ending »Æ¹Ïapp for people living in encampments. The Ending Homelessness for People Living in Encampments Toolkit is a living document . This living document … More
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Giving Tuesday is an opportunity to directly help frontline workers and people experiencing »Æ¹Ïapp so they can access what they need to make it safely through the pandemic and the coldest months of the year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq4DNKlVdxw&feature=youtu.be This Giving Tuesday, local organizations serving people experiencing »Æ¹Ïapp need our help. The cold … More
The National Housing Council will play an important role in accountability and oversight of the Federal government’s housing policy, recommending improvements to the National Housing Strategy, advancing the progressive realization of the right to housing and, importantly, providing a venue for people living in housing need and »Æ¹Ïapp to have … More
This year’s National Housing Day (November 22) is more important than ever as COVID-19 has both exacerbated the toll on people experiencing »Æ¹Ïapp and further exposed the gaps in Canada’s housing system. Here are three things you can do right now to help make more housing a reality, and end … More
»Æ¹Ïapp would like to welcome leaders in the housing and »Æ¹Ïapp sector who are value-aligned and dedicated to achieving an end to »Æ¹Ïapp in Canada. We are excited to welcome four new directors to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Alliance to End … More
London was the first Built for Zero Canada community to achieve a veteran Quality By-Name List. Thanks to relationship building with key partners and knowing every veteran by name, London is on track to become Canada’s first community to achieve functional zero veteran »Æ¹Ïapp. This blog is a part of … More
‘Peers provide insight into the systemic barriers that impact people’s journey out of »Æ¹Ïapp and are critical in designing person-centred systems that mitigate and end the experience of »Æ¹Ïapp.’ Working peer experience into the foundation of its »Æ¹Ïapp strategy, this Built for Zero Canada community aims to end chronic »Æ¹Ïapp … More
The Canadian Lived Experience Leadership Network believes that an end to »Æ¹Ïapp in Canada is possible with lived experience leading the way. The group aims to bring together people with lived or living experience of »Æ¹Ïapp across Canada, to help shape Canada’s response to »Æ¹Ïapp. The Canadian Lived Experience … More
»Æ¹Ïapp applauds the federal government’s commitments to »Æ¹Ïapp, affordable housing, addressing systemic racism, and Indigenous housing —as well as support for women and measures to address the opioid crisis and boost mental health supports. Today’s Speech from the Throne included an historic commitment to … More
OrgCode Consulting and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness are hosting a free webinar series on encampments, covering outreach, response, and assessment. Register for the upcoming webinars here. We will update recordings to this page. Pressures from both the pandemic and housing crisis have led to a rise in encampments … More