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Regional Community Services Committee Meeting August 9, 2022

Agenda includes:
  • Interim Responses to Homelessness in the Region of Waterloo
  • Delegations: 
    • ​David Alton, Kitchener's Lived Expertise Working Group
    • Rob Deutschmann, North Dumfries
    • Heather Majaury, Kitchener

Minutes (will follow) 


  • Region considers new homeless strategy that could include region-run encampments - City News
  • Waterloo Region to address homelessness- CTV
  • Regional council to hear more on interim response to homelessness - City News
  • "This is a crisis in our community": 1,000 people without a home, 21 encampments, 135 people living outside - The Record
  • Across Canada, cities struggle to respond to growing homeless encampments - CBC Canada
  • If housing is a human right, then we need to act urgently- The Record​
  • Eviction application gives window into 
    Victoria camp
     - The Record
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  • Decision on Region of Waterloo's eviction order for Victoria encampment pushed to November - The Record

Powerful interview of @leilanifarha by CBC’s @craignorriscbc: “Human rights and dignity missing from how we manage encampments”. As a first step towards managing the encampment issue better, Farha says the Region should withdraw the litigation. https://t.co/Hlp3agv5V5

— Jude Oudshoorn (he/him) (@judahoudshoorn) August 11, 2022

An ambitious plan put forward by the Region of Waterloo council looks to address homelessness in the region. Jeff Pickel reports. https://t.co/TXUPUZ4StP

— CTV Kitchener (@CTVKitchener) August 9, 2022
  • Cambridge homeless encampment on private property demolished - The Record
  • ​A better approach to homelessness - The Record
  • Service fair "an insult", Victoria Park tent city organizer says - The Record
  • Region considers round-the-clock security at Kitchener encampment- City News
  • Region implements 24-hour security at Victoria Street encampment- City News

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  • Housing: A Human Right
  • Unsheltered Campaign: Letters and Recent Engagements
  • How to Help: Contributing to Unsheltered Needs and Shelter Supports (In ongoing build)  
  • ​​The Criminalization of Homelessness
  • Living Rough: Encampments
  • ​Living Rough: Washrooms
  • The Housing First Approach
  • Substance Use and Homelessness

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