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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many provinces other than Ontario use portable housing allowances, or housing benefits, which can be used for scattered sites.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The City of Ottawa now has a successful pilot project using portable housing allowances to expand the housing options for homeless people. Expanding housing allowances would be a significant positive in the fight against homelessness, and in improving housing affordability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John Dickie<br>Chair, Eastern Ontario Landlord Organization<br>640-1600 Carling Ave.<br>Ottawa ON K1Z 1G3<br>Tel. 613-235-0101 Fax 613-238-0101<br><a href="http://www.eolo.ca/">http://www.eolo.ca/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EOLO represents the owners and managers of more than 36,000 residential rental suites in Ottawa. Founded in 1990, EOLO's members include some of the largest landlords in Ontario, as well as many small and medium size landlords. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> homeles_ot-l [mailto:homeles_ot-l-bounces@list.web.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>M Laplante<br><b>Sent:</b> June 23, 2014 3:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tim D. Aubry<br><b>Cc:</b> Alliance Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [homeles_ot-l] Research on Housing First<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for distributing this. I notice that Pathways to Housing's original scattered-site requirement seems to have become optional somewhere along the way with a variety of different implementations and studies. There seems to be a wide spectrum of approaches that adopt some elements of Housing First and not others, making it difficult to determine which features are essential. Without Section 8 vouchers in Canada, scattered-site may be more difficult to implement, but it might be essential.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Tim D. Aubry <<a href="mailto:taubry@uottawa.ca" target="_blank">taubry@uottawa.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I have recently received several requests about the research literature on Housing First. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>FYI, please find attached a book chapter reviewing the literature that we wrote and appears in the recently published book “Homelessness and Health in Canada” (edited by Manal Guirguis, Ryan MacNeil, and Stephen Hwang). Please note that the full book is available open access at <a href="http://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/homelessness-health-canada" target="_blank">http://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/homelessness-health-canada</a> .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Our book chapter was written before the final report on the findings of the At Home / Chez Soi project were released. So I am also attaching a .pdf of the final report. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Tim Aubry Ph.D, C.Psych.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR-CA>Professeur / Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR-CA>École de psychologie / School of Psychology</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR-CA>Chercheur / Senior Researcher</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR-CA>Centre de recherche sur les services éducatifs / Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>Chaire de recherche facultaire en santé mentale communautaire et l'itinérance /</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Faculty Research Chair in Community Mental Health and Homelessness<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Faculté des sciences sociales / Faculty of Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Vanier Hall, 5002J<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ottawa, ON<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>K1N 6N5<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Tel.: <a href="tel:613-562-5800%20x%204815" target="_blank">613-562-5800 x 4815</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR-CA>Fax: <a href="tel:613-562-5188" target="_blank">613-562-5188</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR-CA>E-mail: <a href="mailto:taubry@uottawa.ca" target="_blank">taubry@uottawa.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Bio: <a href="http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/psy/eng/profdetails.asp?id=137" target="_blank">http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/psy/eng/profdetails.asp?id=137</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Twitter: @TimAubry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>PLEASE ADD OUR ADDRESS,<br><a href="mailto:homeles_ot-l@list.web.net">homeles_ot-l@list.web.net</a><br>to your email contact list.<br><br>THEN email your homelessness and housing messages to that address to reach the full list or to reply to a posting.<br><br>This list is not moderated; there is no editorial review.<br><br>Please try to keep messages to 200KB or less, including attachments, so that all subscribers are able to receive them.<br><br>The listserv does not permit Blind copy, BCC addresses or the use of too many Send To addresses. 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