Social Housing and Human Rights Coalition
@moresochousing
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Mobilizing our communities to call on governments for stronger investments in social housing.
Joined April 2023
Want to know Finland's successful recipe for getting folks out of homelessness? It's a commitment to social housing! Register for SHHR's webinar "Housing First" Requires Housing First with special guest speaker Juha Kahila! Happening on Nov 4 at 12 pm ET https://t.co/VggqMAnbKx
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Finland’s commitment to social housing is the foundation of its successful Housing First approach. What can Canada learn? Join SHHR for a webinar that explores the Finnish approach to ensure housing for all. https://t.co/0p3tvLzkr8
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Finland’s commitment to social housing is the foundation of its successful Housing First approach. What can Canada learn? Join SHHR for a webinar that explores the Finnish approach to ensure housing for all. https://t.co/VggqMAnbKx
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"Hospital bed days... plunged from a collective 858 days in the year preceding move-in to a forecasted 53 days." Supportive housing costs less than shelters, less than jail, and it saves the system millions. To end homelessness, build supportive housing. https://t.co/PoDBtjP1sh
thestar.com
Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home
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2025 marks 10 years since the release of Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 94 Calls to Action. How many of these have been implemented in the past 10 years? How many have not even started? CBC’s Beyond 94 gives up-to-date status reports on each call to action. Learn
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On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honor Survivors, families, and Indigenous communities and acknowledge the ongoing impacts of residential schools and other colonial systems. Let us pause to not only remember but also act. How can we really equip ourselves to
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CMHC's latest Observer article promotes government cites research disparaging rent control policies and attempting to dispel concerns about REITs and private sector housing investors. We have a few issues with it. New blog:
hart.ubc.ca
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Please send our letter below to the Department of Finance Canada so we can demonstrate that we are a strong force demanding housing that is truly affordable for the lowest-income Canadians! Deadline is August 28th: https://t.co/AktFvApIL6
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Leigh said it! Canada is facing an incredible demand for non-market housing and we have been lagging behind other OECD countries for years. Everyone deserves a safe and adequate place to call home. Endorse SHHR's call to action here: https://t.co/UQSNMoN76s
#housingisahumanright
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Our politicians need to be paying attention to what other countries and localities are doing successfully to fight the housing crisis. Read SHHR coordinator Shauna MacKinnon's op-ed here: https://t.co/btZcrMT8bE
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Our politicians need to be paying attention to what other countries and localities are doing successfully to fight the housing crisis. Read SHHR coordinator Shauna MacKinnon's op-ed here: https://t.co/btZcrMT8bE
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Ontario’s housing crisis is growing and the government seems to be moving in the wrong direction. Instead of evidence-based solutions, new laws are undermining renters’ rights, limiting #AffordableHousing, and criminalizing homelessness. Explore our evidence- and rights-based
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Endorse SHHR's campaign to call on the feds for greater investments in social housing (Part 2/2): https://t.co/i6cXuUb7dS
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Will the Liberals' "ambitious" housing plan meet the needs of low-income renters? Not unless focus is shifted from "affordable housing" to "social housing". (Part 1/2) #housingisahumanright #socialhousing
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Having stable housing that is in one's means is crucial for a person's wellbeing and life goals. SHHR's founding member Shauna MacKinnon is an example of this. Endorse our campaign and call on the feds for greater investments in social housing! https://t.co/i6cXuUb7dS
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Send our letter to Min. Robertson! Liberals claim that their Build Canada Homes plan will be "Canada's most ambitious plan since the Second World War". This can only happen if robust investments are set aside for non-market housing. https://t.co/szzWAm41HF
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X: International Social Housing g Festival in Dublin. “Housing isn't just shelter; it's the foundation on which the rest of life is built.” @moresochousing @CCPAMB @r2h_mb
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🏡Social and non-market housing models have long existed in Canada and are the most likely to help low-income tenants pay their rent and other bills. Find out more below 👇 https://t.co/vFgVlZm7y1
theconversation.com
New research looks at what types of assistance contribute the most to the economic well-being of Canadian renters.
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In its first 100 days, we’re calling on the new fed govt to uphold its own commitments to the #Right2Housing by fully implementing the recommendations it received from the financialization review panel last year. ✅ Our calls to action: https://t.co/LgPKLvhiEW
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In a workshop last October, leading up to the Neha #ReviewPanel, we asked participants in Ottawa what it would mean to them to eradicate homelessness for women, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit people. Here were some of their answers ⬇️
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