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OCTOBER 12, 2022
​Region of Waterloo council meeting

Agenda (PDF) includes:
  • Delegations
    • 6.1. Maedith Radlein and Donna Dubie, Co-Convenors, Anti-Racist Advisory Working Group re: Recommendations to Regional Council​   *Recommendation now available on agenda (Page 4) 
  • ​Other Matters Under Committee Of The Whole
    • 11.1. Verbal Report: Site Review for Hybrid Shelter/Outdoor Model

Unsheltered Campaign
puts forth the
2022 Municipal Candidate
Unsheltered Pledge
​&
2022 Election Town Hall
October 17th @6:30PM

Today, Unsheltered Campaign sent a letter to all Municipal and Regional candidates in WR inviting them to sign our #UnshelteredPledge. pic.twitter.com/XN9kmX5Bf8

— unsheltered.campaign (@UnshelteredC) October 11, 2022
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 Homelessness Master Plan, which will guide the Region’s work to prevent and end homelessness." 


Kitchener Lived Expertese Working Group  
(Featured in video from
LISPOP 2022 Housing Forum below)
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  • Housing - Social Development Center Waterloo Region
    • Life Stories of Displacement
  • Housing Now: How New Census Data Will Shape the Canadian Housing Landscape - University of British Columbia​
  • 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

  • Waterloo Region Community Legal Services
  • ​Waterloo Region Yes In My Back Yard 
  • Advocacy Center for Tenants Ontario (ACTO)

In The News...

  • Waterloo Region's list for supportive housing gives glimpse into vulnerable population - The Record
  • Efforts to rebuild after fire at encampment - CTV
  • Cause of fire at homeless encampment in downtown Kitchener undetermined, officials say - CBC
  • No injuries reported after Kitchener encampment fire - The Record
  • ​​Fire extinguished at homeless encampment in downtown Kitchener, investigation begins - CBC
  • Emergency services respond to fire at Kitchener homeless encampment - Global News
  • Crews respond to fire at encampment on Victoria St. - City News

Region of Waterloo Council heard the results of a survey on Wednesday night, which asked those experiencing homelessness what they would like to see in an encampment site sanctioned by the region. https://t.co/YLoL7f6acR

— CTV Kitchener (@CTVKitchener) October 13, 2022

More around here...

  • Housing: A Human Right
  • ​​The Criminalization of Homelessness
  • The Housing First Approach
  • Substance Use and Homelessness​
  • Regional Council Meeting August 18, 2022​​

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