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<div><b>From:</b> "Geoffrey Nelson" <<a href="mailto:gnelson@wlu.ca">gnelson@wlu.ca</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>rent assistance research evaluation</b><br>
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<p>I am pleased to attach an evaluation of the rent assistance pilot for persons experiencing chronic homelessness in Waterloo region conducted by Courtney Pankratz for her MA thesis in community psychology at Laurier.
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<p>The findings provide convincing evidence of the importance of rent supplements for housing stability and psychosocial outcomes in the context of Housing First. This research is timely in light of the federal government's upcoming federal housing strategy
that will hopefully include a portable housing benefit.</p>
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<p>FYI, we have an article that provides more detail on the findings currently under peer review. Also, the Ontario Housing First Network will be having a webinar on rent assistance to present these findings, with the researchers and Waterloo and Ottawa describing
their approaches to rent assistance.</p>
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<p>Please contact Angela Yip of EENet, copied on this email, if you wish to participate. The more, the merrier. </p>
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<p>Please feel free to use this report for advocacy in your contexts and to distribute it widely. It will be posted on the Homeless Hub shortly.</p>
<p>Thanks and take care,</p>
<p>Geoff</p>
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Geoffrey Nelson, Ph.D.<br>
Professor of Psychology <br>
Department of Psychology<br>
Wilfrid Laurier University<br>
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