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
March 31, 2002
Region inherits social housing shortfall
Region inherits social housing shortfall (30 Mar 2002)
Letter to the Editor: Churches
Letter to the Editor: Churches help the poor (30 Mar 2002)
Opinion: Jim Flaherty at least
Opinion: Jim Flaherty at least offered a policy on homelessness (30 Mar 2002)
Home builders' association sponsors project
Home builders' association sponsors project (30 Mar 2002)
Building hope (30 Mar 2002)
Building hope (30 Mar 2002)
Food bank use jumps 75
Food bank use jumps 75 per cent (27 Mar 2002)
Editorial: Food for thought (26
Editorial: Food for thought (26 Mar 2002)
Lack of new rental housing
Lack of new rental housing a 905 problem (26 Mar 2002)
Quadriplegic delighted to have a place of his own (26 Mar 2002)
Editorial:Quebec's compassion (25 Mar 2002)
Editorial:Quebec's compassion (25 Mar 2002)
March 22, 2002
Letter to the Editor: Rooming
Letter to the Editor: Rooming houses haunt Kitchener's core (22 Mar 2002)
March 21, 2002
Food bank a lesson in
Food bank a lesson in giving (21 Mar 2002)
March 20, 2002
Focus on Homelessness in the United States
Our neighbours to the south also have a serious homelessness situation. Learn more about it in these recent articles:
No Place That's Home - Families with children represent the fastest-growing segment of the nation's homeless population. Then there are all the kids who are living in homes that are unsafe, too small, or cost so much that other necessities -- like food -- get short shrift. Caitlin Johnson reports on how housing instability hurts children, and on efforts to help.
Family-Friendly Housing - The housing provided by the New Economics for Women project in Los Angeles isn't just affordable?it's also modern, safe, and designed with the goal of improving the long-term economic prospects of the families that live there. Kathleen Barrows explains how, in this article from the March-April 2002 issue of the Children's Advocate, published by Action Alliance for Children.
Homelessness: Improving Program Coordination and Client Access to Programs - According to this General Accounting Office overview of homeless programs and people, about 15 percent of homeless clients are families with on average two children. Download the article here. (226 KB PDF)
Improving Housing for Working Families - Housing costs can break the household budget for a working family, and unstable or inadequate housing is frequently a significant barrier to employment. The Minnesota Family Investment Plan, the welfare-to-work program that demonstrated the strongest evidence of success, relied almost exclusively on providing housing assistance (primarily Section 8 vouchers). This Center on Budget and Policy Priorities policy brief offers recommendations for federal and state measures to improve housing policies and supports for working families.Download the article here. (74 KB PDF)
March 19, 2002
Rent bank swamped with calls
Rent bank swamped with calls for help (19 Mar 2002)
Vision for core should include low-income residents (18 Mar 2002)
March 15, 2002
Marillac Place expands its haven
Marillac Place expands its haven for young moms (15 Mar 2002)
Build affordable housing outside core,
Build affordable housing outside core, activist urges (14 Mar 2002)
Former fire hall slated for affordable housing (14 Mar 2002)
Toronto: City asked for more
Toronto: City asked for more hostel beds (14 Mar 2002)
March 13, 2002
Small tax hike could be
Small tax hike could be used for housing fund: task force (13 Mar 2002)
Woman sells house to pay
Woman sells house to pay for costly eye treatment (13 Mar 2002)
March 12, 2002
Highlight on Student Housing
As demand for places in universities rises, so does the demand for student housing. The Record has run a series of articles highlighting the housing situation at local campuses.
At Wilfrid Laurier University, many students are staying three to a room. There will be some relief when a new residence being built at Seagram Drive and Lester Street, opens next fall. Work began in late November and is expected to be finished by the end of August. The residence will house about 325 first-year students in single rooms, with each two sharing a private washroom. There will be a sink in each bedroom.
Since last year, the Univesity of Waterloo has been guaranteeing a residence room to any first-year student who wants one. It's been a challenge to fulfil that promise.
Over in Guelph, there are few housing headaches at the University of Guelph, where about 40 per cent of undergrads live on campus.
For a breakdown of residence facilities at WLU and UW, click here.
SCPI funds provided to help
SCPI funds provided to help local groups address homelessness in Victoria (12 Mar 2002)
Court sidelines Toronto shelter plan (12 Mar 2002)
Final dignity for a homeless man (11 Mar 2002)
Experience inspired man to improve food bank hampers (9 Mar 2002)
Opinion: The homeless need as
Opinion: The homeless need as much help as we can give (8 Mar 2002)
Food banks seeing sharp increase
Food banks seeing sharp increase in demand in 2002 (7 Mar 2002)
March 07, 2002
Food banks seeing sharp increase
Food banks seeing sharp increase in demand in 2002 (7 Mar 2002)
March 06, 2002
Toronto: City restores aid for
Toronto: City restores aid for homeless (6 Mar 2002)
Kitchener wants social services better
Kitchener wants social services better spread across region (5 Mar 2002)
Craig plans to fund shelter,
Craig plans to fund shelter, reduce city operating budget (5 Mar 2002)
March 02, 2002
Don't jail the homeless, give
Don't jail the homeless, give them housing and jobs (1 Mar 2002)