PECH REPORT - RoW
Community and Health Services Committee
April 9, 2024

7.1.1 CSD-HOU-24-006, ​The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness Final Report

Recommended Motion:That the Regional Municipality of Waterloo adopt the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness Final Report as the official plan to prevent, address, and end homelessness in Waterloo Region as outlined in report CSD-HOU-24-006 dated April 9, 2024. And that the Regional Municipality of Waterloo direct staff to develop a comprehensive funding and advocacy strategy based on the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness Actions outlined in report CSD-HOU-24-006 and deliver it to Council as part of the 2025 Regional Budget process.

Agenda
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5.1 Julie Walder, Tracey Elop, and Jenn Holbrook, Marillac Place
 Re: Support for the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.2 Shelley Campagnola, COMPASS Refugee Centre
 Re: Housing and Homelessness Strategy which recognizes temporary residents, those on fixed income, the coming swell in demographics of seniors, and the goal of improving our current levels of acceptable housing.

5.3 Laura Pin, Wilfrid Laurier University
 Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 

5.4 Erin Dej, Cambridge
 Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.5 Kristina Eliashevsky, Cambridge North Dumfries Ontario Health Team
 Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.6 Kevin White, Kitchener
 Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.7 Hadembes Yebetit, Plan to End Chronic Homelessness Co-Creators Table
 Re: The needs of refugees, newcomer risk of homelessness, and the need for housing stability 

5.8 Lesley Crompton, Kitchener
 Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.9 Jaime Stief, Waterloo
Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness specifically with the potential sale of the 100 Victoria Street property to Metrolinx 

5.10 Brittney Emslie, Immigration Partnership, Region of Waterloo
Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.11 Heather Mann, Waterloo
Re: In support of the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
5.12 Stephen Jackson, Anishnabeg Outreach Employment and Training Inc.
Re: Concerns regarding the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.13 Kae Elgie, Waterloo 
Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and focusing on Strategic Focus Area 4 - Advance Equitable Housing, especially actions 4.2 and 4.3 

5.14 Matt Harrigan, Canadian Mental Health Association - Waterloo Wellington
Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.15 Nadine Green, Kitchener 
Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.16 Shannon Burt, Kitchener Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

5.17 Julian Ichim, Kitchener
 Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness - lived experience perspective 

5.18 David Alton, Heather Majaury, Char Lee, Fitsum Areguy, The Lived Expertise Prototyping Process
Re: The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness - Appendix C Lived Expertise Prototyping Report 
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Lived Experts Weigh In: Plan to End Chronic Homelessness - Social Development Centre Waterloo Region

In Local News: 



April 10, 2024 - Regional council endorses plan to end chronic homelessness by 2030 - CBC News
  
​April 9, 2024- Regional councillors endorse plan to end chronic homelessness - CTV News Kitchener

April 4, 2024 - Regional councillors to be presented final report on the plan to end chronic homelessness - City News Kitchener

April 4, 2024 - Regional staff ask councillors to approve plan to end chronic homelessness - CTV News Kitchener
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March 28, 2024 - 2 Cambridge encampment residents allowed to remain, for now - Cambridge TImes​

March 28, 2024 - Cambridge encampment to remain in place until next court hearing - CTV News Kitchener

March 28, 2024 - Cambridge temporarily blocked from evicting people from encampment - CBC News Kitchener Waterloo

March 27, 2024 - Injunction filed against Cambridge encampment eviction - Cambridge TImes​

March 27, 2024 - Court challenge launched against City of Cambridge over encampment eviction - Cambridge Today

Mar 25, 2024 - Long-standing emergency shelter on Frederick Street closing this summer​ - City News KitchenerRegional council endorses plan to end chronic homelessness by 2030 | CBC NewsRegional council endorses plan to end chronic homelessness by 2030 | CBC NewsRegional council endorses plan to end chronic homelessness by 2030 | CBC News

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