119 search results for
Housing and homelessness
Recommendation 65:
Zero Ceiling is a promising practice that has integrated employment and housing to help bridge youth out of homelessness into a sense of purpose. They provide mental health support and a strong recreation component that helps youth thrive in wellness.
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Recommendation 60:
Youth need support with food security and supplies such as home kits provided by non-profits.
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Recommendation 76:
Youth aging out of care is the most vulnerable population at risk of homelessness as a result of COVID-19. The sector recommends a staggering approach of youth aging out post-pandemic as service providers will not have the capacity to support this larger cohort. MCFD must continue providing the low-barrier Agreements with Young Adults to help bridge youth into safe and secure housing.
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Recommendation 14:
Work with service providers to ensure youth have support to secure housing and receive ongoing, in-person life-skills support gain “adulting skills” in order to sustain housing.
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Recommendation 28:
Transition supports for families who have just had a child apprehended or returned
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- Ableism ,
- Classism ,
- Decolonization and Indigenous rights ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Economic inequality ,
- Education and employment ,
- Health, wellness and services ,
- Housing and homelessness ,
- Income insecurity and benefits ,
- Indigenous children and youth in care ,
- Poverty ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Public services ,
- Racism
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Recommendation 10:
The Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs (MHMA) must make a province-wide commitment to supporting homeless people to maintain their belongings and to ensuring that homeless people have access to services without fear of losing their possessions. The MHMA must partner with local governments in collaboration with groups of people with lived experience, to train local bylaw officers: a. to recognize and respect the belongings of homeless people; and b. to work effectively with people experiencing homelessness to clean up or discard belongings where there is a pressing public safety, access, or environmental need to do so.
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Recommendation 24:
To address safety concerns expressed by interviewees, there are several larger structural solutions such as increasing the number of safe and affordable housing units, access to health-focused treatment, and equitable employment opportunities. One short-term measure could be to install lighting on streets and in alleyways to help people feel safe during evenings and at night.
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Recommendation 20:
Tie rent control to the unit to remove the incentive for evictions of current tenants to raise the rent for new tenants.
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Recommendation 3:
These standards should be modified by municipal and provincial government actors to align with our modern-day standards, an understanding of cultural differences and the “economic realities”. For this, we can look beyond our borders to other nations who have implemented more flexible guidelines that cause fewer barriers for those seeking housing. Using these guidelines, flexible and localized occupancy standards should be developed that reflect the affordable housing crisis while recognizing current societal patterns and embodying a true right to housing.
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Recommendation 19:
There needs to be a coordinated effort between MCFD and Indigenous organizations to support youth aging out.
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