Recently, Mark Horvath, the blogger/filmmaker behind invisiblepeople.tv, visited Toronto to document the lives of its homeless residents. Mark usually resides in Los Angeles, but he left California...
Homelessness, Housing, Tenants' Rights, Ontario, All of Canada, International
Many Canadian families are finding it difficult to make ends meet even when they work long hours. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reported that Canadian families in the bottom half...
Housing, Workers' Rights, All of Canada
Wellesley Institute Blog is a blog for the Toronto based institute with news, reports and research on health, housing and other poverty issues.
Health, Housing, Poverty Research, All of Canada
Canadian Housing Equality Resources is a national website developed by the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) to provide community advocates with tools to help them effectively...
Housing, Tenants' Rights, All of Canada
Aboriginal Housing Association (NAHA) website offers resources related to Aboriginal/FirstNations houing/homelessness issues. Mission: "To build safe and healthy Aboriginal communities by supporting...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Housing, Tenants' Rights, All of Canada
Housing New Canadians is a research partnership focused on housing access and discrimination in the Toronto area, where about forty percent of all newcomers to Canada settle.
Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
A membership-based organization, NAHA/ANHA represents the interests of non-reserve Aboriginal housing providers in cities, towns and the north.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Housing, All of Canada
The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF Canada) is the national voice of Canada's co-operative housing movement.
co-operative housing, coop, housing, Housing, All of Canada
CHRA is a national non-profit organization representing those who manage and deliver housing programs in communities across Canada.
affordable housing, Homelessness, Housing, national housing strategy, social housing, All of Canada
LawCentral Canada is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Canadians. Our purpose is to create an educated...
Aboriginal and First Nations, charter rights, civil law, criminal law, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, family law, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), Prisoners' Rights, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Workers' Rights, All of Canada
LawCentral Français est un portail ou une collection de liens vers des renseignements en matière juridique ainsi que des ressources éducatives concernant la justice et les enjeux juridiques d’intérêt...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Debt and Consumer Law, Family, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), PLEI, portal, public legal education and information, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, All of Canada
A site created by the Government of Ontario provides information and tools to help prevent, identify and act to control bed bug infestations. There is information for tenants, landlords, social...
bedbugs, Health, Housing, Tenants' Rights, Ontario, All of Canada
This site, now over ten years old, has an amazing amount of links and is updated on a weekly basis. Everything you need to know about government policy, welfare rates, social policy, poverty...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Disability, Family, Foodbanks and Food, government, Government Policy, Housing, Human Rights, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, social policy, social research, statistics, Unemployment, All of Canada
Research, presentations and reports from the Bed Bug Symposium 2010 Conference Proceedings.
bed bugs, Housing, All of Canada
The At Home/Chez Soi project is a three year national project based on the Housing First approach. A total of 2285 homeless people living with a mental illness will participate. 1,325 people from...
Homelessness, Housing, Mental Health, All of Canada
Stephen Gaetz talks about the Alberta government's new plan to discourage people from giving money to panhandlers and give to agencies instead. He argues that "this kind of thinking represents policy...
Alberta, Housing, Mental Health, Panhandling, Poorbashing, Welfare, All of Canada
The Right to Housing Blog documents the Right to Adequate Housing Charter Challenge. The court is being asked to declare that homelessness and inadequate housing violate the Charter of Rights and...
charter challenge, Homelessness, Housing, right to housing, Ontario, All of Canada
HealthyHousing.ca, a National HIV/Housing Portal, is a space for people living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs), service providers and researchers to learn more about issues related to HIV/AIDS and housing.
Health, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS, Housing, housing and health research, housing directory, All of Canada
Local Housing Initiatives Across Canada Map is a initiative of the Wellesley Institute to map housing initiatives across Canada and start a campaign to build a national housing plan from the...
Homelessness, Housing, housing initiatives, mapping, All of Canada
The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada lists housing co-operatives across Canada. Most co-ops have rent-geared-to-income units, and some offer housing for people with special needs.
To apply...
co-op housing, Housing, housing listings, All of Canada
