[homeles_ot-l] State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 released today

Wed Jun 19 10:28:57 EDT 2013

A FIRST FOR CANADA!   Please circulate widely.

After releasing 9 annual Report Cards on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa,  one
with a national scope is indeed very welcome. Apologies for cross-postings.

LYNNE BROWNE

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State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013

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State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 released today

The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness and the
<http://caeh.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3ab6441cec1986db191b15a35&id
=3af1eca5e9&e=78b59a9cd0> Canadian Homelessness Research Network 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;
*	for most homelessness is a very short, one time experience but
between 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians 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.

To view or download the report visit:
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“The State of Homelessness provides a starting point to inform the
development of a consistent, evidence-based approach towards ending
homelessness.” says 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

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 30, 2013 in Ottawa
at the Delta Ottawa Centre Hotel.

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