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Personal advocacy and information sharing website of Regan Sunshine Brusse,
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Current Site focus: Affordable Housing, Homelessness, and Unsheltered Lives
(with a dash of everything else)

Where our Federal and Provincial aids hold gaps, we must persist.  Where our local government needs time to change, we must loudly be patient. Loudly, so they feel our support for change. Loudly so they may know our desires and evolve towards them.
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​Because we do evolve, and in this moment, I'm thinking, we are.
Our world and lives are all in their own variants of chaos. So let's come together on the smaller levels to assure each others care. With innovation, transparency & willingness there is a beautiful way through this all.
More about the Social Justice Housing Rally

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As published/Sent to REgion of WAterloo September 6, 2023 By Unsheltered Campaign 
(view LEtter at source)

"From: The Unsheltered Campaign
To: Region of Waterloo Council & Regional Housing Services Staff

RE: Closure of Encampment at 150 Main St. in Cambridge
RE: Ending of Motel Shelter Program

We are writing to express our dismay about two recent actions: the involuntary closure of the encampment at 150 Main St. in Cambridge, and the ending of the motel shelter program. Based on our current understanding of these actions, we find that they raise human rights concerns and will cause harm to our unsheltered neighbours." ...

Read the full Unsheltered Campaign letter and view additional related information "around here" : 
150 Main Street, Cambridge - Encampment & Closure
Advocacy - Information Resources

"Around here" PAges

  • Connecting with our WR Municipalities and Local Democracy
  • 150 Main Street, Cambridge - Encampment & Closure
  • ​June 26, 2023 City of Kitchener Council Meeting
  • Info on Point In Time Counts
  • February 1, 2023 - RoW Strategic Planning and Budget Committee (Police Budget)
  • February 1, 2023 Strategic Planning and Budget Committee
  • ​100 Victoria - Court Verdict & Information Links
  • January 18, 2023 Region of Waterloo (Budget) Meetings​
  • The Housing First Approach​
view more

This is heart breaking.
As a youth who once relied on this space myself... no words. https://t.co/SPfiIEVwIf

— Regan Sunshine Brusse (@ReganBrusse) September 5, 2023

Letter to the Editor: Closing OneROOF a "Devastating" loss to homeless youth - The Record, 2016



​Intended Future Pages:​​
  • Defining Affordability
  • The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness - RoW 2023
  • Social Assistance Rates in Ontario: Ontario Works & Ontario Disability Supports Program
  • Inclusionary Zoning (?!?!?!?!)​
  • Local Supports & Services
  • Grassroots Bulletin Board - Share your local happenings! 

Some Pieces of these puzzles

Renoviction -
​Righting the Reno-Wrong

Advancing your rights when threatened with displacement

September 21, 2023
​6:30-8:30 PM

Registration and more information available at:
www.WRCommunityTownHalls.ca
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For the first time, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that the Region of Waterloo's attempt to evict encampment residents was a violation of the Charter of Rights & Freedoms.

What does this mean for human rights across Canada? □

✅Find out: https://t.co/NitJbsPUX2 pic.twitter.com/4VXjUFwCFj

— National Right to Housing Network (@R2HNetwork) August 8, 2023

​Canadian Association to End Homelessness - National Conference November 2022: 
  • A Way Home – Youth Homelessness Prevention 
  • Accelerating Reductions in Chronic and Veteran Homelessness 
  • Canadian Observatory on Homelessness – Research and Policy
  • Canadian Observatory on Homelessness – Prevention 
  • Health Care and Homelessness 
  • Housing First
  • Indigenous Homelessness  
  • Leadership, Improvement and Change Management
  • Lived Experience 
  • Paula Goering Memorial Scholarship 
  • Realizing the Right to Housing 
  • Responding to Unsheltered Homelessness 
  • Rural and Remote Homelessness 
  • Unique Populations 
  • Women’s Homelessness

​Engage Waterloo Region: Interim Housing Solutions: 
​From above link:
"Interim Housing Solutions Strategy
We are moving forward with an Interim Housing Solutions strategy to address this challenging situation, using four key tools:
  • Expanding the Transitional Housing Program;
  • Expanding the Home-Based Support Program;
  • Expanding the Emergency Shelter Program; and
  • Permitting a temporary managed Hybrid Shelter/Outdoor Model.
In addition, we will create a Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, which will guide the Region’s work to prevent and end homelessness." 
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Find out more, offer your input, or sign up for updates at engageWR.ca

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A City For Everyone (video below) includes speakers from: 
  • Waterloo Region Community Legal Services
  • ​Waterloo Region Yes In My Back Yard 
  • Advocacy Center for Tenants Ontario (ACTO)
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  • Hold the Line
    • Hold the Line Response to the Regional Official Plans draft policies​​
  • Do More Good Dialogues - KWCF
  • The Right to Housing in Action - The National Right to Housing Network
  • ​​Neo-Vagrancy Bylaws Across Canada​​
  • Alliance Statement on Occupation - Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa​
  • University of Waterloo: COVID-19 and the housing implications in the Region of Waterloo: amplified challenges and proactive planning ​​​​
  • Does a Housing-first approach to homelessness work? Here are 2 views - CBC​​​​​​
  • ​Dimensions of Poverty Hub - Statistics Canada
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For more information or to arrange a donation please email Jaime.Stief@gmail.com
  • A Summary of the Region of Waterloo's Encampment Decision - By Tod Duncan, May 2023 - Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA)​​​

A Home of My Own - A Guide to Renting in Ontario, designed wiht the input of persons with disabilities, their family members and support organizations!@BtoBelonging https://t.co/yTgOJ1VxLV pic.twitter.com/OYP31uEeU5

— Social Development Centre Waterloo Region (@sdcwr) January 27, 2023

​Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy (LISPOP) 2022 Housing Forum Full Video Playlist (Intro found below)  
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  • A National Housing Strategy By And For Whom? Documented Experiences of People With Living Knowledge of Housing Need
  • ​​Displacement in Kitchener's Inner Suburbs: Experiences and perspectives from low-income tenants
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - United Nations
  • The Shift Directives: From Financialized to Human Rights-Based Housing - Make-The-Shift.org
  • ​November 3, 2021 - Region of Waterloo completes engagement process to identify and support those experiencing homelessness​
  • ​​Addressing and Supporting the Student Housing Experience - Conestoga Students Report​​
  • ​​​Building Better Futures - Region of Waterloo
    • Housing Dashboard 
    • Affordable Housing for All - Building a better future for all (PDF)
  • Affordable Housing Strategy: Discussion Paper and Recommendations (Page 24) - City of Waterloo​


  • Housing Innovation Roundtable -Update Report 2020 - KWCF
  • Vital Signs - KWCF
    • ​2021 Report - Affordable Housing 
    • Affordable Housing Q&A - October 7, 2021
    • ​UN Sustainable Development Goals
    • KWCF Grants
​A Hidden Epidemic: Homelessness and Health Inequity
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(link in title above is source of audio below)

Waterloo Region ​Yes In My Back Yard
 
  • In Defense of Complexity -Melissa Bowman
  • Evicting the homeless from downtown site will only make it worse - Martin Asling via The Record 

Building Equitable Cities Speaker Series (Video below)
Room for everyone: Human rights and rental house licensing​ - Ontario Human Rights Commission

 

Because there must always be music...




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