In September 2019, “Building an Equitable Foundation: Removing barriers to access for people with mental health and substance use-related disabilities,” written by Kendra Milne and Amelia Hamfelt, was published by The Law Foundation of BC. This report focuses on subsidized and supported housing, disability assistance and WorkBC employment supports, all of which are important for building a foundation for wellness.
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Recommendation 5: The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing should develop a neutral, easy-to-use process for tenants to identify and voice their tenancy and assistance needs, with a focus on clients that might experience disability-related barriers doing so on their own (for example, clients in supportive housing arrangements). The service should be contracted out to be delivered by a low-barrier community-based organization where people with disabilities already access services-
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Housing
Recommendation 6: The Attorney General should create a legal means to consider tenancy and anti-discrimination rights under the BC Human Rights Code when they are raised before the Residential Tenancy Branch. This could include a process for the BC Human Rights Tribunal to issue interim orders once a human rights complaint has been filed and amendments to the Residential Tenancy Act that allow for an interim delay in a residential tenancy dispute when such an interim order has been issued.-
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- Ableism ,
- Access to justice ,
- Accessibility ,
- Accessible services and technology ,
- Additions to the B.C. Human Rights Code ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Economic inequality ,
- Health ,
- Housing and homelessness ,
- Human rights system ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Public services ,
- Substance use ,
- Tenancy rights
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