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Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting
January 9, 2026

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View full meeting agenda

Included on this agenda: ​

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Related Information:

• Point In Time Counts (Info Page) 
• The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness - EngageWR
• Lived Experts Weigh In: Plan to End Chronic Homelessness - Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
• The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness: Consolidated List of Actions
• Navigating Complexity Together: A Roadmap to Functional Zero by 2030
• ​PECH Update April 2024 (Info page)

• Encampments and Legal Obligations: Evolving Rights and Relationships Report for Advocates and Legal Practitioners 
• Putting people first: The Federal Housing Advocate’s 2023–2024 Annual Report to the Minister

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local News Coverage

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Other "nickels" in this "jar" : 

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• Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting - January 7, 2026
• ​Some initial thoughts as published on April 18, 2025
  • ​​​A little bit of background before delving in​
    • ​Part 2​
    • ​Part 3​​
• ​"A Site Specific Bylaw" : Court Proceedings 2025
• ​Extreme Weather : Cold
  

Dear REgion of Waterloo: Your bylaw is faulty
​(and your politics kinda suck)

More from "around here":

• As we start having more of the difficult conversations surrounding Unsheltered lives - January 2022
• Proposed November 17th, 2021 to Regional Council in seeking temporary solution to homeless displacement - ​Content and related links
  • Looking more at Unsheltered displacement - Blog Post 25/11/21
  • Love, compassion, and positive action! - Blog Post 28/11/21
  • Regional Council discusses the recent encampment displacement - Update - 29/11/21​

Because there must always be music...