When it was announced in Apr 2025 that the Region of Waterloo would be passing a bylaw to vacate the 100 Vic encampment in Kitchener, members of our Lived Expertise Engagement Project conducted interviews with 27 people living at the encampment to understand what they knew of the bylaw, how it impacted them, and what they wanted policy-makers to know.  

These interviews were conducted in our capacity as a core partner of the Region's Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, and as an organization funded by the Region to uplift the knowledge and input of people with lived experience of homelessness. The concerns raised by lived experts were shared with the Region, and also highlighted during an interview with the Facilitator our Lived Expertise Program, David Alton, on the Aug. 8 episode of The Mike Farwell Show.