[homeles_ot-l] Fwd: State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013
Terrie
mocharebyl at gmail.com
Wed Jun 19 10:24:00 EDT 2013
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From: Tanya Gulliver <TGulliver at edu.yorku.ca>
Date: 19 June 2013 09:56
Subject: State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013
To: Tanya Gulliver <TGulliver at edu.yorku.ca>
Hi folks!
Here it is! This report is, we hope, a very important step in measuring and
ending homelessness. It provides new and updated numbers about the number
of people who are homeless annually or daily in Canada, as well as the
financial impact of homelessness for Canadians. We conclude with a number
of recommendations for change.
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Report
I’m attaching the report to the email or you can download it at
http://www.homelesshub.ca/sohc2013 - You’ll be able to download the full
report (in English), or the French or English versions of the Executive
Summary. The infographic is also available for download.
Blog
Our blog on the report is available at
http://www.homelesshub.ca/researchmatters/default.aspx - it provides a
shorter summary than even the Executive Summary does.
Social Media
#sohc2013 is our Twitter and Facebook hashtag and we’d love to see this go
viral today. On our HomelessHub facebook page you can find the infographic
divided into small bits. We encourage you to make one of them your profile
picture for a few days or to tweet them (blog them, pin them etc). I’m
attaching our social media suggestion sheet as well. Feel free to use or
modify any of the suggested tweets (or you can use them in other social
media platforms). Putting a link to the report
http://www.homelesshub.ca/sohc2013 will also help drive traffic there.
Below is our Press Release that is going out in English and in French
today. If you see mentions of the report in your local media please send a
link our way.
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PRESS RELEASE
New report says 200,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year
“State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013” released today in Toronto
Toronto, June 19, 2013 – The Canadian Homelessness Research Network
(Homeless Hub) and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness released the
first extensive Canadian report card on homelessness called State of
Homelessness in Canada: 2013 today in Toronto. Highlights of the report
include:
· 200,000 different Canadians experience homelessness each year,
with as many as 1.3 million experiencing homelessness in the last five
years;
· 30,000 Canadians are homeless on any given night;
* 2,880 unsheltered (outside in cars, parks, on the street)
* 14,400 staying in Emergency Homelessness Shelters
* 7,350 staying in Violence Against Women Shelters
o 4,464 provisionally accommodated (homeless but in hospitals, prison or
interim housing)
· for most homelessness is a very short, one time experience but
between 4,000 to 8,000 are chronically homeless (long term homeless) and
6,000 to 22,000 are episodically homeless (experience repeated episodes of
homelessness over a lifetime);
· chronic and episodically homeless people (less than 15% of the
total) take up more than 50% of the emergency shelter space in Canada; and,
· homelessness costs the Canadian economy $7.05 billion per year.
“The State of Homelessness provides a starting point to inform the
development of a consistent, evidence-based approach towards ending
homelessness.” says York University Professor Stephen Gaetz, Director of
the Canadian Homelessness Research Network. “Our goal in developing this
report was to both assess the breadth of the problem and to develop a
methodology for national measurement”.
“The State of Homelessness also highlights where there has been some
meaningful progress in Canada that proves homelessness is not an
intractable problem,” added Tim Richter, President & CEO of the Canadian
Alliance to End Homelessness. “Homelessness can be solved and we have some
excellent Canadian examples to follow.”
Among the examples of progress cited in the report are:
· Vancouver’s 66% reduction in street homelessness since 2008
· Edmonton’s 30% reduction in overall homelessness since 2008
· Toronto’s 51% decrease in street homelessness since 2006
· Alberta’s provincial plan to end homelessness and the 16%
province-wide reduction since 2008
· Fredericton, New Brunswick’s 30% reduction in emergency shelter
use
· The Mental Health Commission of Canada At Home/Chez Soi Housing
First project in five Canadian cities
· Renewal of the federal Homelessness Partnering Strategy,
refocused on Housing First
-More-
The State of Homelessness also offers six recommendations including:
1. Communities should develop and implement clear plans to end
homelessness, supported by all levels of government.
2. All levels of government must work to increase the supply of
affordable housing.
3. Communities – and all levels of government - should embrace
Housing First.
4. Eliminating chronic and episodic homelessness should be
prioritized.
5. Ending Aboriginal Homelessness should be prioritized as both a
distinct category of action and part of the overall strategy to end
homelessness.
6. Introduce more comprehensive data collection, performance
monitoring, analysis and research.
The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness will be hosting Canada’s first
National Conference on Ending Homelessness October 28 to 30th in Ottawa at
the Delta Ottawa Centre Hotel. www.caeh.ca/conference<
http://www.caeh.ca/conference>
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The Canadian Homelessness Research Network (Homeless Hub) at York
University is dedicated to mobilizing research evidence to have a bigger
impact on solutions to homelessness in Canada.
The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has been formed to create a
national movement to end homelessness in Canada from the community up.
Media contacts:
Canadian Homelessness Research Network
Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
Stephen Gaetz, Director
Tim Richter, President & CEO
York University
C: (587) 216-5615 E: tim at caeh.ca<mailto:tim at caeh.ca>
C: (416) 668-7321 E: sgaetz at edu.yorku.ca<mailto:sgaetz at edu.yorku.ca>
www.caeh.ca<http://www.caeh.ca>
www.homelesshub.ca<http://www.homelesshub.ca>
Tanya Gulliver
Project Coordinator
Canadian Homelessness Research Network
York University
6th Floor, Kaneff Tower
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
416.736.2100 Ext. 30257
www.homelessresearch.ca<http://www.homelessresearch.ca/>
www.homelesshub.ca<http://www.homelesshub.ca/>
Twitter: @homelesshub<http://www.twitter.com/homelesshub>, @CHRNnetwork<
http://www.twitter.com/CHRNetwork>
Facebook: facebook.com/homelesshub<http://www.facebook.com/homelesshub>
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--
Terrie ( mocharebyl at gmail.com )
“If you see an injustice being committed, you aren't an observer, you are a
participant.” June Callwood
'If it is not on the menu cook it yourself' Buffy St Marie
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