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      • On the right to adequate housing - By Peter Elgin (2020)
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    • About Me
    • Explore Most Recent Site Content
    • Cutting Through the (Seemingly Bovine) 'Fecal Matter'. >
      • “I Think It’s Bullshit”: Encampment Evictions and the Criminalization of Homelessness - Human Rights & Housing Fights >
        • Presentation Content : “I Think It’s Bullshit”: Encampment Evictions and the Criminalization of Homelessness - Human Rights & Housing Fights >
          • Presentation Slides - Large - "I think it's Bullshit" (HR&HF May 21, 2026)
      • A Rights-Based Approach : The Federal Housing Advocate (Report and Webinar)
      • Sheltering with Dignity: ​Safe Tenting as a Human Right >
        • June 2, 2026 Region of Waterloo Meeting - Cutting Through the (Seemingly Bovine) 'Fecal Matter' >
          • Human Rights-Based Responses to Encampments Following the 100 Victoria Court Ruling - Human Rights & Housing Fights
      • Understanding the Growing Divide : A Look at Local Data
      • Seeing Beyond the Stigma: Reframing the Narrative >
        • Muted Voices & Performative Gestures: No Pride Delivered
    • Waterloo Region - Municipal Profile
    • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments >
      • Human Rights & Housing Fights - Presentations - Realizing the Right >
        • Rethinking Municipal Approaches - Human Rights and Housing Fights
        • Human Rights and Housing Fights: Municipal Encampment Responses
        • CAEH Conference Ottawa 2024
      • Written Content - Projecct Outputs - Realizing the Right >
        • Waterloo Region Snapshot - Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments
        • Rethinking Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments: Building a Human Rights Approach in Ontario
    • Nickles and Dimes: Seeking Change >
      • When Politics Fail: Chasing Evictions Instead of Solutions
      • Dear RoW: Your Bylaw Is Faulty (& Your Politics Kinda Suck)
      • CAEH 2025 & More Cambridge Encampment Evictions
      • On the right to adequate housing - By Peter Elgin (2020)
      • Cambridge Evictions - Heatwave 2025
      • Open Letter: ​Seeking aid for Unsheltered in face of current Extreme Weather Crisis - 2025
      • Unsheltered: Emergency or Public Health Crisis - Where are we? >
        • ERP: Regional Policies
        • ERP: Provincial Acts
      • Social Justice Housing Rally
    • Municipal Meeting Pages
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The Housing First Approach

"The model was developed to specifically serve chronically homeless individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders. In contrast to more traditional housing approaches, Housing First does not require sobriety or treatment/service compliance as a condition for program entry or service continuation." - Quote Source: Harm Reduction Journal - BCM  
  • Housing First - National Alliance to End Homelessness​
  • Housing First - Government of Canada​​​​
  • Canadian Housing First Toolkit
  • ​Housing First - Homeless Hub​​​
  • Study by CAMH and St. Michael's Hospital shows Housing First Program significantly reduces homelessness over long term
  • Housing First: The Path to Recovery - CMHA

  • Region of Waterloo 
    • Housing & Shelter
    • Find Affordable Housing
    • Help to find and keep a home
    • Housing ​​
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  • Region of Waterloo Affordable Housing Plan​​
  • City of Waterloo Affordable Housing Strategy
  • City of Kitchener Affordable Housing Strategy
  • City of Cambridge Affordable Housing Plan ​

  • United Nations and the Rule of Law​
  • A Complex Exile: Homelessness, Exclusion, and a Call for Inclusion - Homeless Hub​
  • ​​Young women often feel alone, isolated as they move from homeless to housed: WLU research - CBC News​​
  • University of Waterloo: COVID-19 and the housing implications in the Region of Waterloo: amplified challenges and proactive planning

  • Building Equitable Cities Speaker Series
  • How close are you to homelessness? Kitchener woman shares her story (1:01:26) -City News
  • ​​Stories and Narratives Report on the 2021 Point In Time Count​
  • The Human Right to Adequate Housing (Fact Sheet 21)

  • Substance Use and Homelessness
  • ​March 9, 2022 Waterloo Police Services Board Meeting​
  • Housing Affordablility Task Force 
  • Living Rough: Encampments
  • ​Living Rough: Washrooms
  • Housing: A Human Right
  • 2022: The State of Our Municipalities

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