Homelessness in Waterloo Region
The Waterloo Region Community Homelessness Network has been restructured and renamed the Waterloo Region Housing and Homelessness Umbrella Group. A website was launched in November 22, 2006. For current information about the activities of the HHUG go to www.hhug.ca
This homelessness webpage will maintain archival material from the Homelessness Network
October 30, 2001
Documentary on CBC's Witness looks
Documentary on CBC's Witness looks at squatters camp on Toronto waterfront (30 Oct 2001)
October 29, 2001
Sandhills residence officially opens (29
Sandhills residence officially opens (29 Oct 2001)
Sand Hills Co-op on the
Sand Hills Co-op on the road to recovery (26 Oct 2001)
Letter to the Editor: Housing
Letter to the Editor: Housing crisis hurts single moms (26 Oct 2001)
October 26, 2001
Housing award renamed for activist
Housing award renamed for activist (26 Oct 2001)
October 25, 2001
Tent city's hopes flattened again
Tent city's hopes flattened again (25 Oct 2001)
Open house launches second building for Working Centre (25 Oct 2001)
October 22, 2001
First stop on way back
First stop on way back (20 Oct 2001)
October 21, 2001
Toronto tenants get less but
Toronto tenants get less but pay more (20 Oct 2001)
October 19, 2001
$10-million fund to be used
$10-million fund to be used for subsidized housing units (19 Oct 2001)
Social housing mess a wake-up
Social housing mess a wake-up call (19 Oct 2001)
October 18, 2001
Single moms hardest hit by
Single moms hardest hit by rental housing (18 Oct 2001)
October 17, 2001
Low-cost housing gets $2.5M boost
Low-cost housing gets $2.5M boost (17 Oct 2001)
October 15, 2001
War wiped homelessness off the
War wiped homelessness off the map (15 Oct 2001)
October 13, 2001
54 non-profit housing projects under
54 non-profit housing projects under review (13 Oct 2001)
Car co-op purchases 4th vehicle
Car co-op purchases 4th vehicle (13 Oct 2001)
October 12, 2001
Region tries to clean up
Region tries to clean up co-op's financial mess (12 Oct 2001)
October 11, 2001
Food bank confident it will
Food bank confident it will reach target (11 Oct 2001)
Tenants face eviction as co-op
Tenants face eviction as co-op records in disarray (11 Oct 2001)
October 10, 2001
Discount bus fares urged for
Discount bus fares urged for the needy (10 Oct 2001)
October 09, 2001
Restaurant gives away food (9
Restaurant gives away food (9 Oct 2001)
Food hamper experience humbling (6
Food hamper experience humbling (6 Oct 2001)
October 05, 2001
Innovative housing project could come
Innovative housing project could come to Waterloo Region (5 Oct 2001)
October 03, 2001
Food bank lunch contrasts with
Food bank lunch contrasts with PM's gourmet fund-raiser (3 Oct 2001)
City urged to buy two
City urged to buy two core schools slated for closure (2 Oct 2001)
One less church could mean
One less church could mean more needed housing (1 Oct 2001)
Hands-on with a hamper (29
Hands-on with a hamper (29 Sept 2001)
Churches consider building low-cost housing
Churches consider building low-cost housing in city core (27 Sept 2001)
Region food bank pins hopes
Region food bank pins hopes on area generosity to refill shelves (26 Sept 2001)
Rent bank sponsor is needed
Rent bank sponsor is needed (25 Sept 2001)
Time to raise welfare rates
Time to raise welfare rates (24 Sept 2001)
Affordable homes proposed for Waterloo
Affordable homes proposed for Waterloo school property (24 Sept 2001)
Christian couple offer house to
Christian couple offer house to Somalian family (20 Sept 2001)
Region's aid for poor praised
Region's aid for poor praised (19 Sept 2001)
Group homes welcomed (17 Sept
Group homes welcomed (17 Sept 2001)