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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I too, have appreciated the conversation that has been circulating on this topic, and have resonated with all of the valid points expressed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cornerstone’s experience is that of being a provider of emergency shelter and supportive housing, and of having four very different ownership/landlord and support
models among our housing communities for women.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My understanding of the presentations I have been privy to about Housing First indicate that a range of affordability options is a healthy way to meet the variety
of wants and needs that people bring to us. This allows for tenants to have choice, and for providers to offer a set of services which best utilize their capacity and expertise. Our work as a community over the next while will be to integrate the common assessment
approach that will help us to ensure that people get access to the housing that is best suited for them going forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I am really encouraged that there seems to be consensus that a broad spectrum of housing responses will continue to serve us well as a community. I believe
that it’s this type of dialogue that has given us a strong profile across the country as collaborators and solution builders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<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>Tim Simboli<br>
<b>Sent:</b> June-24-14 11:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rob MacDonald; John Dickie<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tim D. Aubry; Alliance Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [homeles_ot-l] - accessing scattered sites through portable housing allowances<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Good discussion folks – thanks for stepping in and commenting.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">From CMHA’s perspective the rent supps have worked very well. We do have special support services for those getting rent supps over and above our usual case
management services, and they provide a mediating influence for the tenants and landlords. Our current experience is that landlords are coming to us to offer units because they value the support and the stability of income. Our population of course are folks
with Serious mental illness (much the same population that the ‘At home/Chez sois’ served) and they have the supports but need the homes. The rent supps provide an avenue to get the units and get them quickly – we don’t have many instances of landlords ejecting
tenants to upgrade their units, and we haven’t seen much upward pressure on the rental market because a couple hundred folks are suddenly able to get into basic level housing.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">CMHA and others do offer an alternative to private market landlords by owning a small number of scattered site apartments that aren’t subject to the vagaries
of profit motives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I do think that there needs to be a fulsome array of responses to the housing crisis and every proven alternative should be employed.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hoping to hear from others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">t<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><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 [<a href="mailto:homeles_ot-l-bounces@list.web.net">mailto:homeles_ot-l-bounces@list.web.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob MacDonald<br>
<b>Sent:</b> June 24, 2014 9:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Dickie<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tim D. Aubry; Alliance Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [homeles_ot-l] - accessing scattered sites through portable housing allowances<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hello, John,<br>
I completely agree there should be some form of a rent supplement program, I just believe that building social housing is more practical beneficial long term solution. I had a case where a senior citizen with cancer needed financial assistance when her landlord
applied for an above guideline rent increase. I had a case where a working single parent would lose her daycare subsidy if she moved to any of the social housing units which were all out of her area. There is a need for a supplement program, but it should
be administered in moderation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">My concern with shelter allowances is that they are not based on tenants income meaning they are still paying more than thirty per cent of the rent. It's also
a given that the rents will increase in the following years through the guideline increase,not to mention above guideline increases, and higher rent increases on the private market (now that the vacancy rate is plummeting in Ottawa again). It only means that
tenants with shelter allowances will likely be forced to relocate down the road because the supplement doesn't keep pace with the market variables. It is a means tested program that provides moderate financial assistance to more people, but not enough to lift
them out of their financial crises.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The private market model puts profits first and my tenants have had first hand experience with the results in rent supplement units. I've had several cases where
tenants with mental health issues settled into their rent supplement units only to have the landlord attempt to evict shortly afterwards them out because they wanted to renovate the apartments and raise the rents. The security of tenure is not the same in
the private sector as it is in the social housing model.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As I stated earlier, I do believe there is a need for some form of a supplement program, I just don't see that any of my concerns have been addressed here. What
may seem like 'quick fix' solutions will have long term consequences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Personally, I love these discussions and I sincerely apologize if you feel that I was attacking your perspective, I only commented it in the spirit of healthy debate. However, in the interests
of keeping this site on topic, perhaps we could carry it on offline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 5:27 PM, John Dickie <<a href="mailto:JDickie@dickieandlyman.com" target="_blank">JDickie@dickieandlyman.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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"">Rob:</span><o:p></o:p></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""> </span><o:p></o:p></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"">The section 8 program is badly designed and may inflate rents, although it strains credulity to think that a subsidy
of $6B would raise market rents by $8M.</span><o:p></o:p></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""> </span><o:p></o:p></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"">For Canada
<b>with a different program design for portable housing allowances</b>, a CHMC study team concluded that there was no evidence that Canadian housing allowances raised rents: Housing Allowance Options for Canada. That is also Marion Steele’s conclusion. She
is the most knowledgeable person in Canada on housing allowances.</span><o:p></o:p></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""> </span><o:p></o:p></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"">Among the advantages of housing allowances one can list:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- allow tenants a wide choice of where to live; </span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- achieve income mixing without the cost of subsidizing middle income tenants;
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:22.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- use the existing economical housing stock, rather than newly built (and therefore expensive) housing;
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- allow the available funding to be spread more equitably among more low-income tenants;
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:22.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- allow flexibility in program design to respond to different regional needs and provincial budgets;
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- allow the provision of assistance quickly; </span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- can eliminate deep core need regardless of a household’s place on a chronological waiting list;
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- allow tenants to keep their housing assistance when they move to take a new job (which is good for them and the economy);
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- avoid the stigma often associated with public housing;
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- can easily be used in rural areas and small towns where there are no large rental buildings; and
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">- can be administered at very low cost.</span><o:p></o:p></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""> </span><o:p></o:p></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"">See the CFAA website for more details:
<a href="http://www.cfaa-fcapi.org/pdf/CFAA_Portable_housing_allowances_facts_0809.pdf" target="_blank">
http://www.cfaa-fcapi.org/pdf/CFAA_Portable_housing_allowances_facts_0809.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></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""> </span><o:p></o:p></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"">I have stopped attacking social housing, and most social housing advocates have stopped attacking portable housing
allowances. Perhaps the people who need help in affording their housing would be better served if we all recognized that various programs are useful to achieve different purposes.</span><o:p></o:p></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. <a href="tel:613-235-0101" target="_blank">613-235-0101</a> Fax <a href="tel:613-238-0101" target="_blank">
613-238-0101</a><br>
<a href="http://www.eolo.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.eolo.ca/</a></span><o:p></o:p></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"">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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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""> Rob
MacDonald [mailto:<a href="mailto:robm@housinghelp.on.ca" target="_blank">robm@housinghelp.on.ca</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> June 23, 2014 5:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Dickie<br>
<b>Cc:</b> M Laplante; Tim D. Aubry; Alliance Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [homeles_ot-l] Research on Housing First - accessing scattered sites through housing allowances</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It may be true that other provinces have rent supplement program, but housing advocates across the country have had their concerns about
how they are implemented into the system and whether they are doing more harm than good. BC, for example has two supplement programs, one for seniors and one for families. Everyone else gets left out.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In my own experience I have seen landlords evict or 'transfer' tenants unwillingly so that they can renovate the unit or allegedly move
into it themselves. There is no security of tenure for tenants and they can be evicted for a slew of reasons that may have nothing to do with their behaviour.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rent supplements can also be a lottery for landlords in provinces that have weak rent control, since landlords can raise rents as much as
they want and take advantage of supplements. In Ontario, there is no limit to the rent increase a landlord can take in a new tenancy.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A number of U.S. studies have also proven conclusively that market rents increased substantially for non-supplemented low-income tenants
who lived nearby. The Susin report studied 90large metropolitan cities where housing vouchers were introduced. The main finding was was that "those areas with more vouchers experienced faster rent increases than those where areas vouchers were less abundant."
It estimated that the shelter allowance system actually raised rents by an average of 16 per cent. THe vouchers caused an 8.2 billion increase in total rent paid by low income tenants while only providing a subsidy of 5.8 billion, ersulting in a net loss
of 2.4 billion to low income households.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the Wellesley Institute, "supplements inflate rents for all tenants, not just those receiving subsidies.. The economic cost
outweighs the economic value."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It must also be said that shelter allowance do nothing to alleviate the scarcity of housing. As the vacancy rate has dropped in Ottawa,
landlords will be charging more for rents, and people with low incomes have no choice but to pay extravagant rents without assurances of adequate maintenance. A social housing program, on the other hand, will increase the supply.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:53 PM, John Dickie <<a href="mailto:JDickie@dickieandlyman.com" target="_blank">JDickie@dickieandlyman.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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"">Many provinces other than Ontario use portable housing allowances, or housing benefits, which can be used for scattered
sites.</span><o:p></o:p></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""> </span><o:p></o:p></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"">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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</span><o:p></o:p></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. <a href="tel:613-235-0101" target="_blank">613-235-0101</a> Fax <a href="tel:613-238-0101" target="_blank">
613-238-0101</a><br>
<a href="http://www.eolo.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.eolo.ca/</a></span><o:p></o:p></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"">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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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:<a href="mailto:homeles_ot-l-bounces@list.web.net" target="_blank">homeles_ot-l-bounces@list.web.net</a>]
<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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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>
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<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.
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<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>
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<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.
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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PLEASE ADD OUR ADDRESS,<br>
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to your email contact list.<br>
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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>
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Please try to keep messages to 200KB or less, including attachments, so that all subscribers are able to receive them.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"<i>There can be no fairness or justice in a society in which some live in homelessness, or in the shadow of that risk, while others cannot even imagine it.”
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