Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
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We are cultivating the creation of community knowledge to advance equity & social justice in Waterloo Region. #LivedExpertise #EvictionPreventionWR #CivicHubWR
Kitchener, Ontario
Joined June 2011
Join us for Ride for Refuge 2025! 📅 October 4th, 2025 from 9:30AM-2:00PM 📌 The Social Development Centre, 23 Water Street North, Kitchener, N2H 5A4 Register here: https://t.co/TOyxAj2qd2
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Last call! 🚨 Register at https://t.co/Xn7Cj2qs1W or at the event to be part of this year’s Ride for Refuge! Let's ride (and walk) with purpose this Saturday, Oct. 4.
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One week later, these are some of the reflections from our Lived Expertise Facilitator, David Alton, on the Housing Federal Advocate's to WR on Sept. 22, 2025. We're also very grateful to @ReganBrusse @UnshelteredC for the summary at: https://t.co/x9FV7BL6aQ 1/2
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Happening now: Julian, Donald, & Aaron from our Lived Expertise Roster are joining a roundtable with @HousingLogement to share what they're seeing on the ground + what’s needed from the federal advocate. They were at 100 Vic earlier supporting others to share also their stories.
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SDC is concerned that legislation like Bill C-2 scapegoats migrants and refugees for the housing and affordability crises in our communities. And it erodes basic protections for all of us. Sign the petition from @MigrantRightsCA to STOP Bill C-2: https://t.co/SUDqn5urKS
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📋JOB ALERT: Are you passionate about grassroots organizing, collective action, and a commitment to reconciliation that goes beyond mere platitudes? Join our team as a part-time Community Developer! ⏰ Apply by 12am on Sept 7, 2025 🔗 https://t.co/8ar1bi2eYk
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👍The Court has granted an injunction for the 100Vic Encampment Case! The Region is restrained from enforcing its Site-Specific By-law until the constitutionality of the bylaw can be determined following the hearing in November. Read the decision at: https://t.co/3RXALYm88L
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This information is so critical for tenants - as the lack of it results in increased homelessness. A family we supported was evicted in a way that by the time they returned home from work, their keys were changed & they were left on the streets.
ICYMI: The cities of Kitchener+Waterloo are making bold moves to protect tenants, deter bad-faith landlords, and preserve affordable housing stock. Check out this chat with our Tenant Organizing Lead, Megan Walker, about the sustained organizing efforts behind these victories.
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ICYMI: The cities of Kitchener+Waterloo are making bold moves to protect tenants, deter bad-faith landlords, and preserve affordable housing stock. Check out this chat with our Tenant Organizing Lead, Megan Walker, about the sustained organizing efforts behind these victories.
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📢We're recruiting for 2 exciting opportunities at SDC! Check the links👇 & apply today! 1⃣ Paid position as a part-time Civic Hub Community Developer: https://t.co/8ar1bi2MNS 2⃣ Volunteer position as an Ontario Electricity Support Program Agent Volunteer: https://t.co/py58Cr2zCE
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Please join us tomorrow for the 100Vic Injunction Motion Hearing at the Waterloo Region Courthouse (85 Frederick St. Kitchener).
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"Citizens for Cambridge stands with Councillors Hamilton and Earnshaw, who have shown the courage to speak out for compassionate, evidence-based approaches. Cambridge cannot police its way out of a housing crisis. What’s needed is care, not cruelty."
LETTER: Cambridge must not evict homeless during heat wave
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We thank Cambridge Regional Councillor Pam Wolf for voicing her concerns about this short-sighted approach: "Our efforts to remove encampments simply traumatizes the residents and moves the encampment to another area. Our energy and money need to be spent on permanent solutions."
A 2nd municipality in the Region has been contacted by the federal housing watchdog about its attempts to clear homeless encampments while shelter space is limited and extreme heat posts serious safety risks.
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A 2nd municipality in the Region has been contacted by the federal housing watchdog about its attempts to clear homeless encampments while shelter space is limited and extreme heat posts serious safety risks.
cambridgetoday.ca
Police confirm Cambridge is the only municipality in Waterloo region currently enforcing the Tresspass to Property Act in homeless encampments
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The @ccpa has analyzed "which federal transfers might now be on the chopping block—and why this should have been part of the election debates." https://t.co/IgUevI8Jcs
The Liberals are going to cut social programs to pay for gargantuan increases in military spending, and legions of politicians, media and think tankers are going to tell you it's for your own good.
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"It flew under the radar during the federal election, but the newly elected federal government, led by the Liberals, is planning deep cuts. Over half of the cuts will come from federal transfers to other levels of government, non-profits and businesses."
policyalternatives.ca
Supports to First Nations, veterans, new Canadians, and international aid could be on the chopping block—just for starters
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The scale of potential federal spending cuts is enormous - why isn't everyone talking about this? Is this the direction Canada should be pursuing? New from my colleague @DavidMacCdn #cdnpoli
The fed gov cuts to pay for military and wealthy tax cuts have rapidly expanded. My new analysis shows that most of the cuts will now be on transfers to other govs, non-profits and people. A stunning 1 in 5 dollars is just cuts to FN govs for basic social programs. @ccpa 🧵👇👇
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The open letter, from Marie-Josée Houle, said municipalities like Waterloo Region “have obligations to respect, protect and fulfill human rights, and to adopt a human rights-based approach to encampments.” Read the full article at:
ctvnews.ca
The Federal Housing Advocate is calling the Region of Waterloo out over its plan to evict people living at the 100 Victoria Street encampment by the end of November.
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“Although the region, on the one hand, has a team of support workers to assist encampment residents in accessing housing; on the other hand, the region is bringing harmful litigation against the residents of the encampment,” Houle said.
The federal housing policy watchdog has called on the Region of Waterloo to re-evaluate its approach to clearing the encampment at 100 Victoria St. N.
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"In a open letter to Regional Council last week, National Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle expressed her concerns with Bylaw 25-021, the bylaw passed by council in April that requires the residents to vacate the property by December 1, 2025." -City News:
kitchener.citynews.ca
The national housing advocate is weighing in on the Region's bylaw that would clear the Victoria Street encampment by December 1.
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