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    • About Me
    • Advocacy - Nickles and Dimes >
      • Dear RoW: Your Bylaw Is Faulty (& Your Politics Kinda Suck) >
        • January 9, 2026 Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting RE: Proposed amendment to By-law 25-021
        • January 7, 2026 Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting RE: Proposed amendment to By-law 25-021 >
          • Lesley Crompton - January 7, 2026 RoW Council Presentation
          • Safe Tenting Zones and the Waterloo Encampment Case - By David Alton
        • "A Site Specific Bylaw" : Court
        • April 23, 2025 Regional Council Meeting & 100 Vic. Proposed Bylaw April 23, 2025 >
          • Some initial thoughts as published on April 18, 2025
          • A little bit of background before delving in: April 21, 2025 >
            • Part 2 - A little bit of background before delving in
            • Part 3 - A little bit of background before delving in
      • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments >
        • Human Rights and Housing FIghts >
          • Rethinking Municipal Approaches - Human Rights and Housing Fights
          • Human Rights and Housing Fights: Municipal Encampment Responses
        • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments - Waterloo Region Snapshot
        • CAEH Conference Ottawa 2024
      • CAEH 2025 & More Cambridge Encampment Evictions >
        • CAEH Presenters - Local to WR
        • More Cambridge Encampment Evictions
        • Louder for those of you in the back... There are NO Shelter Options Right Now!
        • A Human Rights Approach to Encampments ​for Cambridge (2.0)​
        • Supplies needed - How to contribute ​
      • Cambridge Evictions - Heatwave 2025 >
        • Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions >
          • A Human Rights Approach - Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions >
            • Federal Housing Advocate - Visit September 22, 2025
          • Extreme heat and health- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • September 23, 2025 Cambridge Council Meeting >
              • Breakdown of Council & Staff Discussion of motion - September 23, 2024 Cambridge Council Meeting
          • Eviction Notice Components - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
          • Charter Rights and Case Law- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • I "Rescind" Nothing: Check your facts
            • Legal Briefcase - Advocacy tools
          • Challenges of Navigating a Dual-Tier Municipal System Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • The Political Distractions: Procedural Bylaws & Cambridge Council Meeting September 2, 2025
          • $$ Crunching the Numbers $$ - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
      • Unsheltered: Emergency or Public Health Crisis - Where are we? >
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We are a grassroot anti-poverty group, local to Waterloo Region. We focus on living wage, housing and transit, while remaining vocal on the broad array of barriers those of low income face. 
Our membership includes a variety of members of different social groups. We strive to learn from and support each other while being vocal activists in our community. We seek to assure that those facing the plights of poverty are active participants in representing their own voices, in their concerns. 
Please feel free to connect with our group to find out more by messaging us on Facebook, or sending us an email at [email protected] 

Alliance against poverty In the News:

  • ​Looming changes to social assistance worry anti-poverty advocates - CBC News
  • Bump in GRT transit pass will impact people living on low incomes, anti poverty advocate says - CBC News
  • "We're pushing them away": Why affordable housing is needed along LRT line - CBC News
  • Bridgeport Cafe in Waterloo provides hot meals and a chance to connect -CBC News
  • "It was pretty brutal" - The Record
  • Kitcheners Housing Strategy would use city lands, reduced fees and red tape to spur the development of affordable units - The Record
  • Tie Disability to inflation, says recipient - Kitchener Post​
  • Poverty activists concerned by Kitchener bus route cancellation- The Record
  • Startup boom revitalizing urban Kitchener, but not all in favour - The Globe and Mail
  • Pension plan for the disabled just isnt enough to live on - The Record
  • Petition for K-W residents to have free access to transit - The Cord
  • Poverty alliance hosts market place debate - Waterloo Chronicle
  • Dorm style shelters are a positive first step - The Record
  • Protesters hope to boost poverty awareness - CTV News
  • ​Kitchener facing $227M funding gap in 2029; Report - City News
  • Daily costs too high for those on ODSP - CTV News​
  • ​GRT looks to scrap senior , student and low income fares, introduce 48% discount - CBC
  • Alliance Against Poverty must be part of study on transit fees - Waterloo Chronicle
You can connect with Alliance Against Poverty Member Sandee Lovas on YouTube at both her channel, Left of the Box or on Rebel HQ in her latest role! 
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